Author: Kim Lyons
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India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has banned TikTok, WeChat, and several dozen other China-based apps it views as “engaged in activities ... prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India,” according to a press release. A total of 59 apps are on the banned list.
India is a huge market for TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance. According to SensorTower data from April, 30 percent of TikTok’s 2 billion downloads came from India. Messaging app WeChat, owned by Chinese internet company Tencent, has more than 1 billion users worldwide.
TikTok and WeChat did not immediately reply to requests for comment Monday.
It’s not the first time India has banned TikTok. Last year, the government instructed...
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India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has banned TikTok, WeChat, and several dozen other China-based apps it views as “engaged in activities ... prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India,” according to a press release. A total of 59 apps are on the banned list.
India is a huge market for TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance. According to SensorTower data from April, 30 percent of TikTok’s 2 billion downloads came from India. Messaging app WeChat, owned by Chinese internet company Tencent, has more than 1 billion users worldwide.
TikTok and WeChat did not immediately reply to requests for comment Monday.
It’s not the first time India has banned TikTok. Last year, the government instructed...
Continue reading…
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