Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Tuesday said that Beijing is strongly concerned over India banning 59 Chinese apps and is verifying the situation. Making a statement, China's foreign office said they are "strongly concerned, verifying the situation."
TikTok, Helo, ShareIt and other apps were accused of sharing user information with their home country, China. So, the Ministry of Information and Technology has announced a permanent ban on these apps in India.
TikTok got removed from Google Play Store, Apple App Store as the government of India announces ban on 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, UC Browser, Shareit and more.
Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took a funny dig at Australian opener David Warner after India banned TikTok on Monday.
Chinese Apps Banned in India: TikTok on Tuesday said it is in the process of complying with the government’s order on blocking of the app, and asserted that it has not shared information of Indian users with any foreign government, including that of China.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has begun his address. PM Modi's address is coming in the backdrop of growing Indo-China tension pushing the government to ban 59 Chinese apps including TikTok. His address is also timed when MHA released Unlock 2 guidelines.
The Congress on Monday said the Centre should take more substantive and effective measures as it welcomed the ban on 59 Chinese applications. Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel said in the wake of an unprovoked attack by the China's PLA on the Indian Army, this is a welcome decision.
Muskan Sharma, who haD 3.8 million followers on TikTok, has welcomed Modi government's decision to ban 59 Chinese apps.
As a major decision by the government, 59 Chinese apps have been banned in India including TikTok, Beauty Plus, CamScanner, Shein, ShareIt and more. Twitter memefest ensued.
TikTok, ShareIt, UC Broswer and more Chinese apps have been banned in India. Read on to know why
Giving a massive jolt to China, India on Monday banned at least 59 Chinese apps including Shareit, Helo, Shein, Likee, WeChat, UC Browser, Club Factory, Weibo, Bigo Live and more. Here is the full list of banned Chinese apps.
India bans 59 Chinese apps amid simmering tension with China. The 59 Chinese apps that government has banned today include popular apps like TikTok, Helo, UC Browser and more.
In a major decision, the government on Monday banned at least 59 Chinese apps including TikTok. Many popular apps like Shareit, Helo, Shein, Likee, WeChat, UC Browser also figured among the list of the banned Chinese apps. The decision, aimed at "safeguarding" the interests of crores of Indian mobile and internet users, is a targeted move to ensure the safety and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace, the Ministry of Electronics, and Information Technology said in the official notification.
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TikTok has announced it would no longer automatically access user clipboards on Apple iPhones after iOS 14 in Beta has exposed apps constantly reading user clipboards.
Now, the Mitron app has finally crossed 10 million downloads on the Google Play Store. The app developers also claimed that the app was among the most downloaded apps last month.
YouTube appears to have taken an aim at TikTok as the Google-owned platform has now started testing a way to record multi-segment videos that run up to a maximum length of 15 seconds.
Instagram has expanded its new video-music remix feature Reels, which takes inspiration from the Chinese short video making app TikTok, to France and Germany.
A TikToker named Priya Golani was making a video just like every other day when she was bit by a dog. The video has now gone viral across social media platforms.
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