TikTok and over 59 other Chinese apps now banned in India

India has banned a total of 59 apps that are linked to China on the basis of ensuring secure cyberspace in the country. The list, released Monday evening by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, has some big names who have been blocked by 55 others, including Bytdans’s Tiktok, Xiaomi’s Mi Community, Tencent’s WeChat and Alibaba’s UC Browser.
One of the biggest markets for TikTok, which has more than 200 million users in India, has said that it is talking to the government on an unprecedented moratorium, while other companies remain mum so far.
MeitY cited these 59 apps as “engaged in prejudicial activities for the sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India, protection of the state and public order.”
This would mean that apart from being removed from the app marketplace, access to all apps needs to be reduced server-side.
To ensure effective restriction on these apps, the government will have to ask Internet service providers (ISPs) in the country to block app servers on both cellular and broadband networks. These apps will not work effectively in case the ISP is blocked only after these apps reach the internet server. Related:- Best Mobile under 20000 in India right now 2020
However, it will be interesting to see how the government imposes restrictions on VPN service providers, whose tools can be used after imposing restrictions on them.
Queries sent to Airtel, Reliance Jio, and COAI remained unanswered at the time of writing.
Meanwhile, India-based companies have praised the government’s decision to uproot Chinese apps from India’s Internet ecosystem – a move that would be formal in bringing homegrown apps into the mainstream.
Apps like Chingari and Mitteron have already made headlines when they present Tiktok as a better and more secure option. The apps were removed from the Google Play store due to some copyright issues, but now the apps have been reinstalled.
So, if TickTalk has Spark and Mitron, what other popular apps do you have, as an alternative? Shareit, a widely used tool for file transfer between different platforms, can be replaced by the likes of SendGB and JioSwitch.
The Mi Community app may not have the same statins but its counterparts will be WhatsApp, Sharechat and Telegram. UC Browser is a browser for accessing the Internet, which means you can easily change it from Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Firefox, and Opera Mini on your Android and iOS devices. Related:-Realme X Starts Receiving New Software Update With June Security Patch, PaySa and Heyfun Apps, More
WeChat, in particular, is an app that works in both India and China but since apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Messenger it is the only means of communicating with anyone in mainland China from outside. It has to be seen what options India’s developer community comes up with for such a purpose.
Here are 59 Chinese apps that have been blocked 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 Brower
• Virus Cleaner
• APUS Browser
• ROMWE
• Club Factory
• Newsdog
• Beutry Plus
• WeChat
• UC News
• QQ Mail
• Weibo
• 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- Hide
• Cache Cleaner DU App studio
• DU Cleaner
• DU Browser
• Hago Play With New Friends
• Cam Scanner
• Clean Master – Cheetah Mobile
• Wonder Camera
• Photo Wonder
• QQ Player
• We Meet
• Sweet Selfie
• Baidu Translate
• Vmate
• QQ International
• QQ Security Center
• QQ Launcher
• U Video
• V fly Status Video
• Mobile Legends
• DU Privacy

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