List of 59 Chinese apps banned by India: TikTok, SHAREiT and WeChat among them
New Delhi, Jun 29: The government on Monday banned 59 mobile apps, including China's TikTok, SHAREiT and WeChat, terming them prejudicial to sovereignty, integrity and national security.
In an official statement, the IT Ministry said it has received many complaints from various sources, including several reports about misuse of some mobile apps available on Android and iOS platforms for "stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users' data in an unauthorised manner to servers which have locations outside India".
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"The compilation of these data, its mining and profiling by elements hostile to national security and defence of India, which ultimately impinges upon the sovereignty and integrity of India, is a matter of very deep and immediate concern which requires emergency measures," the statement said.
The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, Ministry of Home Affairs, has also sent an exhaustive recommendation for blocking these malicious apps.
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"On the basis of these and upon receiving of recent credible inputs that such Apps pose threat to sovereignty and integrity of India, the Government of India has decided to disallow the usage of certain Apps, used in both mobile and non-mobile Internet enabled devices," it said.
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The statement added that this move will "safeguard the interests of crores of Indian mobile and internet users. This decision is a targeted move to ensure safety and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace".
Here's the complete list of the Chinese apps banned:
1.
TikTok
2.
Shareit
3.
Kwai
4.
UC
Browser
5.
Baidu
map
6.
Shein
7.
Clash
of
Kings
8.
DU
battery
saver
9.
Helo
10.
Likee
11.
YouCam
makeup
12.
Mi
Community
13.
CM
Browers
14.
Virus
Cleaner
15.
APUS
Browser
16.
ROMWE
17.
Club
Factory
18.
Newsdog
19.
Beutry
Plus
20.
WeChat
21.
UC
News
22.
QQ
Mail
23.
Weibo
24.
Xender
25.
QQ
Music
26.
QQ
Newsfeed
27.
Bigo
Live
28.
SelfieCity
29.
Mail
Master
30.
Parallel
Space
31.
Mi
Video
Call
-
Xiaomi
32.
WeSync
33.
ES
File
Explorer
34.
Viva
Video
-
QU
Video
Inc
35.
Meitu
36.
Vigo
Video
37.
New
Video
Status
38.
DU
Recorder
39.
Vault-
Hide
40.
Cache
Cleaner
DU
App
studio
41.
DU
Cleaner
42.
DU
Browser
43.
Hago
Play
With
New
Friends
44.
Cam
Scanner
45.
Clean
Master
-
Cheetah
Mobile
46.
Wonder
Camera
47.
Photo
Wonder
48.
QQ
Player
49.
We
Meet
50.
Sweet
Selfie
51.
Baidu
Translate
52.
Vmate
53.
QQ
International
54.
QQ
Security
Center
55.
QQ
Launcher
56.
U
Video
57.
V
fly
Status
Video
58.
Mobile
Legends
59.
DU
Privacy