Chinese apps banned: Is Call of Duty: Mobile banned in India?
September 02, 2020 19:34 ISTPUBG Mobile among 118 Chinese apps banned in India. Is Call of Duty: Mobile also banned on Android and iOS?
PUBG Mobile among 118 Chinese apps banned in India. Is Call of Duty: Mobile also banned on Android and iOS?
The new Chinese apps that have been banned in India are due to the security reasons that led to a ban of more than 100 Chinese apps back in June and July.
PUBG banned in INDIA: The new apps have been banned due to the same security reasons that are "prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, the security of the state and public order."
PUBG Mobile banned in India: Government has banned 118 Chinese apps in India. The list of apps includes hugely popular PUBG Mobile Lite, CamCard, Baidu, Cut Cut, VooV, Tencent Weiyun, Rise of Kingdoms, Zakzak and many more.
Snack Video app is yet another Chinese short video app that has been available on the Google Play Store for quite some time now.
India has banned more than 100 Chinese apps in India and new names have surfaced that could be a part of the list. Read on to know more
Facing threats of a US ban and smears by rival Facebook, popular video-sharing app TikTok has been compelled to respond to what observers describe as an effort to rip up the Chinese-owned firm and reap their own commercial, political benefits and monopolize the tech economy.
After banning major Chinese apps, including TikTok, UC Browser, the Centre has blocked Baidu Search and Weibo apps - the most influential apps of China and dubbed as the country’s answer to Google search and Twitter respectively, in India.
The Indian Government banned 59 Chinese apps on June 29 (including TikTok, UC Browser, Beauty Plus, ShareIt, CamScanner, and more) due to security and privacy issues.
Trump's remarks came after media reported that Technology giant Microsoft is in talks to buy the U.S. operations of TikTok, a deal that would give the U.S. software giant a popular social-media service while alleviating the Trump administration's pressure on TikTok and its parent company ByteDance Ltd.
The Indian Government has banned 47 more Chinese apps after it recently blocked 59 Chinese ones
The government has banned 47 Chinese apps, in addition to the previously banned 59 Chinese apps.
After banning 59 apps of Chinese origin, the government on Tuesday directed them to ensure strict compliance to its orders, and warned of serious action in case of any violation, according to an official source.
The government has asked all the 59 Chinese apps, banned in India last month, to ensure strict compliance or face "serious action", official sources told news agency PTI.
59 Chinese apps were recently banned in India and most people got rid of them on Android, iOS. But now is your phone Chinese apps free?
Now, following the government’s orders, Xiaomi has disabled the Mi Community website and app in India.
Amid a multi-pronged cyberwar, the Indian Army has decided to ban 89 apps for personnel as it took into account security considerations. The banned apps include Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Hungama, Songs.pk, Tinder, TrulyMadly, and more. The decision comes after an "exponential increase" in the number of cases being targeted by their intelligence agencies.
On June 30, the percentage increase in the number of times Tik Tok was searched fell to a mere 23 percent.
Besides Tiktok, India banned on Monday 58 other apps with Chinese links, including the popular UC Browser, for engaging in activities “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order".
After banning 59 Chinese apps amid stand-off with China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), India will not import power equipment from China, Power Minister RK Singh informed.
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