The Government of India has banned 54 Chinese apps in the country. Officials aware of this development have informed the Economic Times. Officials said that the central government has issued new orders banning more than 54 Chinese apps as a threat to the privacy and security of Indians. Many of these apps are from big Chinese technology companies like Tencent, Alibaba and gaming company NetEase. After the ban imposed by India in 2020, these apps were rebranded and launched in India.
The Ministry of Electronics and IT has banned these apps saying that these apps were transferring sensitive data of Indian users to foreign countries like China. The ministry has also instructed top app stores, including Google's Playstore, to block these apps. An official said, "54 apps have already been blocked from being used in India through Playstore." Is.
So far 224 Chinese apps have been banned
India had first banned the apps of Chinese companies in June 2020. This action took place after the martyrdom of 20 Indian soldiers in a skirmish with Chinese soldiers in the Galwan Valley. About 40 soldiers of China were also killed in this clash. At the same time, after banning Chinese apps in June 2020, 224 apps have been banned in India so far. In the first round, the Indian government banned 59 Chinese apps, which included popular applications like Tiktok, Shareit, WeChat, Helo, Like, UC News, Bigo Live, UC Browser, ES File Explorer and Mi Community.
Which apps have been banned
According to the news agency ANI, 54 apps that have been banned. Includes Beauty Camera: Sweet Selfie HD, Beauty Camera-SelfieCamera, Equalizer & Bass Booster, CamCard for Salesforce Entertainment, Ioland 2: Essays of Time Light, Viva Video Editor, Tencent XRiver, Onmoji Chase, Onmoji Arena, Applock, Dual Space Light Huh. A senior official said that many of these apps are from companies like Tencent and Alibaba. These apps have also hidden their ownership. They are also being hosted from countries like Hong Kong or Singapore, but the data was eventually going to servers in China.
Full list of banned Chinese apps
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