Days after India banned TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps, The White House has said that a decision on Chinese mobile applications, including TikTok, could be taken within weeks and not months.
All the information is going straight to massive super computers in the cloud in China, US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien said, adding, “So China is going to know everything about you. They are going to have biometrics on you. You ought to be very careful regarding who you give such personal information to.”
TikTok, along with 58 other Chinese apps, was recently banned in India citing security issues
TikTok, along with various other Chinese apps, was recently banned in India and could be blocked from the US too
Roughly five hours after an internal email went out Friday to Amazon employees telling them to delete the popular video app TikTok from their phones, the online retailing giant appeared to backtrack, calling the ban a mistake.
Amazon.com asks its employees to remove TikTok from their phones. An internal email allegedly barred the workers from keeping the video sharing app on their phones citing security risks.
TikTok, in a transparency report, suggested that it removed millions of videos worldwide
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Considering security reasons, the Indian Army on Wednesday asked its personnel to delete their accounts from 89 apps by July 15 or face action. From social media accounts to e-commerce and dating sites, platforms banned for usage by the personnel include a range of apps.
Indian Army has announced a ban on 89 Android and iOS apps over privacy and security concerns for its personnel. These apps include some of the popular ones like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Helo, Tinder, Songs.pk, Hungama and more.
Maharashtra Cyber on Tuesday warned people not to click on Tiktok links as they may contain malware aimed at capturing user data.
TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps have been recently blocked in India, following which they were removed from the app stores
In what may come as a big blow for China, after India now the United States is considering banning Chinese apps like TikTok, others. US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo said the United States is "certainly looking at" banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok.
TikTok has now decided to exit Hong Kong and not share users' data with the city. Read on to know more about it
Chinese app TikTok will exit the Hong Kong market within days as other technology companies including Facebook have suspended processing government requests for user data in the region.
Instagram Reels, a competitor to the now-banned TikTok, will soon be available for all in India
On June 30, the percentage increase in the number of times Tik Tok was searched fell to a mere 23 percent.
Kerala police on Saturday arrested a man for posing as an officer (Lieutenant) in Indian Navy near Naval Base, Kochi. The man, Raja Nath, 23 hailing from Nadia in West Bengal was travelling to various places in Naval Uniform. The individual has also uploaded videos on ‘TikTok’.
Apps have been found accessing users' data on iOS without their permission and the latest one to do is LinkedIn
Besides Tiktok, India banned on Monday 58 other apps with Chinese links, including the popular UC Browser, for engaging in activities “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order".
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