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Jul 14, 2020, 02:03 PM ISTTikTok, along with 58 other Chinese apps, was recently banned in India citing security issues
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.
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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
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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.
On June 30, the percentage increase in the number of times Tik Tok was searched fell to a mere 23 percent.
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".
Instagram was predicted as the most obvious migration platform for the TikTok users as most of them had an existing account and promoted their TikTok content on the Facebook-owned app.
Right after Indian government banned 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, users scrambled to find alternatives as these apps had made inroads into the lives of millions of Indians. TikTok itself, had become source of income for many content makers, especially young. Their online fame disappeared overnight.
TikTok from China-based ByteDance said they are not pursuing legal action regarding the government's directive as reported in a section of the media.
TikTok rival Chingari to ramp up hiring in order to create more jobs in the country and end up making a 100-people content moderation team in the wake of Indian government banning 59 Chinese apps in the country.
Chinese media outlet The Global Times on Wednesday twitted that the loss of Chinese internet company ByteDance, which is the parent company of Tik Tok, could rise upto $6 Billion after India banned 59 Chinese apps.
ZEE5 on Wednesday announced a short video-sharing platform HiPi in a bid to take on TikTok which is among the 59 Chinese apps banned by India in view of security risk.
India's ban on 59 Chinese apps, including the popular TikTok, has been widely noted in the US, including by some prominent lawmakers, who have urged the American government to follow suit as it is believed that the short video-sharing app is a major security risk to the country. India on Monday banned 59 apps with Chinese links, including TikTok and UC Browser, saying they were prejudicial to sovereignty, integrity and security of the country.
TikTok was one of the 59 Chinese apps that the Indian government banned on Monday due to security concerns.
Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on Tuesday said all apps released in India must adhere to the country's data integrity, privacy and sovereignty, a day after the government banned 59 apps.
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