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Government bans 47 more Chinese mobile apps

New Delhi: 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 said Monday. “We have banned 47 mobile apps from China in this ongoing exercise which highlights the government’s seriousness about data privacy and […]

TikTok’s portrays an image of principle by pulling out of Hong Kong

Hong Kong: Viral video platform TikTok’s withdrawal from Hong Kong is a savvy commercial move that sidesteps thorny privacy issues but it will not shield the app completely from accusations of collusion with China, experts say. As Facebook, Twitter and other US tech giants risk angering China by refusing to share Hong Kong user data, […]

Google, Apple only too happy to take down the 59 Chinese apps banned by India

New Delhi: The 59 Chinese apps banned by the government have been taken down from Google Play Store and Apple App Store in India, blocking their access to mobile phone users in the country. The government had on Monday banned 59 Chinese applications saying they were prejudicial to sovereignty, integrity, and security of the country. […]

Hours after ban, TikTok denies sharing Indian users’ data with Chinese government

NEW DELHI: TikTok denied Tuesday sharing Indian users’ data with the Chinese government, after New Delhi banned the wildly popular app in a sharp deterioration of relations with Beijing two weeks after a deadly border clash. “TikTok continues to comply with all data privacy and security requirements under Indian law and have not shared any […]