India is banning 59 apps with Chinese links, saying their activities endanger the country’s sovereignty, defense and security.
India on Monday banned 59 apps with Chinese links, saying their activities endanger the country’s sovereignty, defense and security.
India’s decision comes as its troops are involved in a standoff with Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh in the Himalayas that started last month. India lost 20 soldiers in a June 15 clash. The banned apps include TikTok, UC Browser WeChat and Bigo Live, as well as e-commerce platforms Club Factory and Shein, which are used in mobile and nonmobile devices connected to the internet, according to a government statement.
It said there have been mounting concerns about data security and safeguarding the privacy of 1.3 billion Indians. The government said such concerns also pose a threat to sovereignty and security of the country.
The compilation of these data, its mining and profiling by elements hostile to national security and the defense of India was “a matter of very deep and immediate concern which requires emergency measures,” the statement said.Get all the day's most vital news with our Today's Headlines newsletter, sent every weekday morning.
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