Cold War: India Bans 59 Chinese Mobile Apps
June 30, 2020
12:17 pm
As tensions along the border continue, the Government of India has decided to ban Chinese apps diverting data and those with privacy issues.
… Government has announced a ban on 59 such Chinese apps, including Tik Tok. Government has decided to disallow the usage of these apps both in mobile and non-mobile Internet-enabled devices.
A government press release announcing the ban stated: “The Ministry of Information Technology, invoking itβs power under section 69A of the Information Technology Act read with the relevant provisions of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules 2009
