Apps Banned In India In 2020. The Indian government has red-flagged usage of 59 China-linked apps, including TikTok as being a threat to national security. The Ministry of Information Technology, invoking its power under section 69A of Information Technology Act, with the relevant provisions of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules 2009 has ordered a. The government of India has taken this huge step of banning 59 Chinese apps including Tiktok on Monday (29 June 2020). This step was taken due to a lot of different reasons. Many factors compelled the government of India to ban well-known Chinese apps. The Government of India has banned 59 Chinese mobile applications, including top social media platforms such as TikTok, WeChat and Helo, to counter the threat posed by these applications to the country’s “sovereignty and security”. ShareIT, UC browser and shopping app Clubfactory are among the other prominent apps that have been blocked amid rising tensions between India and China.
Last month, 59 Chinese apps including TikTok and UC Browser were banned in India. After banning 59 Chinese apps, the Indian government could ban over 200 other apps in the country. As per reports, the government will scrutinize around 275 apps for national security violations and users' privacy and if any security breach is found in any of the. TikTok, ShareIt, and WeChat are among 59 apps that have been banned by the government. The apps are said to have been siphoning off data from India to China. The Google Play Store and Apple's App Store are likely to remove the apps.
Read more about Chinese apps banned in India: Know apps status, alternative apps, and more on Business Standard. MeitY put a ban on these apps and termed their usage 'prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order'
The 47 banned Chinese apps were operating as clones of the earlier banned apps. The list of the 47 Chinese applications banned by the Indian government will be released soon. India has also prepared a list of over 250 Chinese apps, including apps linked to Alibaba, that it will examine for any user privacy or national security violations. India’s government banned nearly 60 Chinese mobile apps on Monday, including TikTok, citing national security concerns, after a deadly clash between their militaries this month raised tensions. Sources close to the matter have said that the 47 additional Chinese apps that have been banned now were working as clones of the apps which were blocked earlier. Updated: July 27, 2020 3:11 PM IST India has banned 47 more Chinese apps just weeks after blocking the highly popular video-sharing platform TikTok and 58 others over national security and privacy concerns, an information ministry official and media reports said Monday.
