Google Play Store removes all 59 banned Chinese apps in India

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TikTok no more to be found on Google Play Store

Following a ban on the 59 Chinese apps ordered by the Indian Government, Google has now removed all the apps from the Play Store. To recall, Google and Apple recently removed the popular Chinese app TikTok from their respective app stores in the country. Read on to know more about it.

Google removes 59 Chinese apps banned in India

Google has temporarily blocked the Chinese apps that have been banned in India to comply with the orders imposed by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).

A Google spokesperson, in a statement to IndiaTVNews.com, said, "While we continue to review the interim orders from the Government of India, we have notified the affected developers and have temporarily blocked access to the apps that remained available on the Play Store in India."

For those who don't know, the government recently banned 59 Chinese apps in the country citing security and privacy concerns. The list of banned apps includes the popular ones such as TikTok, ShareIt, UC Browser, Beauty Plus, Helo, Likee, and more. The decision was taken under section 69A of the Information Technology Act. MeitY, in an official release, stated that it has banned the apps that are "prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, the security of the state and public order."

In addition to this, the government has asked the ISPs and the telecom operators to restrict the use of the banned apps. Here is a list of all the Chinese apps that have been banned in India: