India bans TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps
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India bans TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps

In an important announcement on Monday, the Indian Government said it was banning 59 apps developed by Chinese firms over concerns that these apps were “engaged in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India". ByteDance’s TikTok, which counts India as its biggest market, apps from Xiaomi, UC Browser, UC News are among the 59 apps that India’s Ministry of Electronics and IT have ordered to ban

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Mon Jun 29 - Techcrunch

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