India Bans Dozens of Chinese Apps: Including TikTok and WeChat Over Security Concerns.
The Indian Government has announced that it has banned 59 Chinese mobile applications, including TikTok, WeChat, and Mi Community.
The reason is, as stated in a press release, the Ministry of Information Technology “has received many complaints from various sources including several reports about the misuse of some mobile apps available on Android and iOS platforms for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers which have locations outside India”.
Here’s the full list of blocked apps, as given by the Indian government:
- TikTok
- SHAREit
- Kwai
- UC Browser
- Baidu Map
- SHEIN
- Clash of Kings
- DU Battery saver
- Helo
- Likee
- YouCam Makeup
- Mi Community
- CM Browser
- Virus Cleaner
- APUS Browser
- ROMWE
- Club Factory
- NewsDog
- BeautyPlus
- UC News
- QQ Mail
- Xender
- QQ Music
- QQ Newsfeed
- Bigo Live
- SelfieCity
- Mail Master
- Parallel Space
- Mi Video Call – Xiaomi
- WeSync
- ES File Explorer
- Viva Video – QU Video Inc
- Meitu
- Vigo Video
- New Video Status
- DU Recorder
- Vault
- DU Cache Cleaner
- DU Cleaner
- DU Browser
- HAGO – Play With New Friends
- CamScanner
- Clean Master – Cheetah Mobile
- Wonder Camera
- Photo Wonder
- QQ Player
- WeMeet
- Sweet Selfie
- Baidu Translate
- Vmate
- QQ International
- QQ Security Center
- QQ Launcher
- UV Video
- VFly-Status Videos, Status Maker, New Video Status
- Mobile Legends
- DU Privacy Vault
In summary, India Bans Dozens of Chinese Apps and these are the confirmed list of Chinese apps that are banned in India government due to the misuse of them, stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers which have locations outside India.
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