Indian government bans popular TikTok social networking app, along with 58 other Chinese mobile apps Its.
ZDNet reported in late June that the ban came after Indian military forces clashed with Chinese troops in Ladakh. ) Northern India on June 15. At least 20 Indian soldiers were killed and more than 75 wounded in the clashes.
The New Delhi government says 59 smartphone apps have been used to collect Indian data and have been targeted. Delivered to servers in China. Indian government officials believe the data has been analyzed and used to identify Indian consumers who could jeopardize national security. And the defense of India.
India’s Information Technology Minister, who issued the order, said the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center of the Ministry of Defense The Ministry of Home Affairs strictly advises them to ban 59 Chinese smartphone apps. In addition, the ministry said that the Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-IN) also received complaints from users about Privacy and security related to all those programs as well.
However, ZDNet goes on to say that it is not yet clear whether the Indian government will take action. Anyway, at a technical level, because those mobile apps are still present in the app stores, and they still run normally in India yet.
The following Chinese programs are banned by the Indian government:
1 TikTok
2 Shareit
4 UC Browser
5 Baidu map
6 Shein
7 Clash of Kings
8 DU battery saver
9 Helo
10 Likee
11 YouCam makeup
12 Mi Community
13 CM Browers
14 Virus Cleaner
15 APUS Browser
16 ROMWE
17 Club Factory
18 Newsdog
19 Beutry Plus
20 WeChat
21 UC News
22 QQ Mail
23 Weibo
24 Xender
25 QQ Music
26 QQ Newsfeed
27 Bigo Live
28 SelfieCity
29 Mail Master
30 Parallel Space
31 Mi Video Call – Xiaomi
32 WeSync
33 ES File Explorer
34 Viva Video – QU Video Inc
35 Meitu
36 Vigo Video
37 New Video Status
38 DU Recorder
39 Vault- Hide
40 Cache Cleaner DU App studio
41 DU Cleaner
42 DU Browser
43 Hago Play With New Friends
44 Cam Scanner
45 Clean Master – Cheetah Mobile
46 Wonder Camera
47 Photo Wonder
48 QQ Player
49 We Meet
50 Sweet Selfie
51 Baidu Translate
52 Vmate
53 International
54 QQ Security Center
55 QQ Launcher
56 U Video
57 V fly Status Video
58 Mobile Legends
59 DU Privacy
