It Was India That First Banned Chinese App TikTok Over Security Concerns

The government blocked TikTok along with 59 other Chinese apps citing security concerns. Since then, the country has banned more ... to India’s sovereignty and integrity. After the ban, TikTok ... Read More

India Bans 47 Chinese Apps, Over 250 Under Scanner Over Data Privacy Violation

The government has decided to ban another ... servers to India, to assuage the government’s concerns over data security violations. Of those in the new list of 275 Chinese apps to be ... Read More

India bans over a hundred more Chinese apps as tensions escalate

India banned over a hundred Chinese apps, including versions of Tencent Holdings Ltd’s popular game PUBG Mobile and online payments giant Ant Group Co’s Alipay, as tensions escalated on the ... Read More

What happened when Tiktok app was banned in India, Chinese company's biggest market

India's TikTok ban sparked by a border conflict led to a swift removal of the app and others. The US observed India's actions amidst its own deliberations over security concerns with TikTok and ... Read More

India bans TikTok, other Chinese apps amid border standoff

While service in India was suspended, the ban was largely symbolic ... banned it last year over hate speech concerns, but quickly vacated its order. Chinese-owned apps have found a fast-growing ... Read More

Chinese App Ban Signals The Need For An Advanced Cyber-Security Regime

The app bans give rise not just ... incapabilities within the Indian cyber-security infrastructure Chinese companies have invested more than $4 Bn in India’s leading startups and unicorns ... Read More

Beijing Reacts To India’s App Ban, Says Chinese Apps Should Be Treated Fairly

“Hope India ... in China or having some Chinese connection China has expressed strong reservations against the recent ban of Chinese apps by Indian authorities over security concerns. Read More

India’s Ban On Chinese Apps Shows Geopolitics Has Gone Digital

The Indian government’s ban ... concerns in the past such as the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica, such bans have never been used in India The Indian government’s list of 59 Chinese apps to ... Read More

Cybersecurity Expert: Banning a Chinese App Like TikTok Is a Red Herring That Ignores a Greater Danger

In my experience in cybersecurity ... is about bans on apps and VPNs — ignoring the blatantly obvious problem that despite federal bans on acquiring and/or utilizing various Chinese hardware ... Read More

Apple Bows To China's Security Concerns: Pulls 2 Meta Products From App Store

This development could be associated with a new regulation introduced last August, mandating all apps in China to register with the government or face removal ... Read More

The U.S. could ban TikTok. These countries have blocked or restricted it.

India announced a ban on more than 50 Chinese apps, including TikTok and the ... Officials cited cybersecurity concerns and said some exceptions would be made for those who need to access TikTok ... Read More

As Chinese Apps Get Banned, These Indian Alternatives Rise To Fill The Gap

In a press release announcing the ban, the IT ministry stated that the government had received “many representations raising concerns ... on Chinese apps, can India’s app economy take over ... Read More