{"id":35144,"date":"2020-06-30T23:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T23:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2628836"},"modified":"2020-06-30T23:36:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T23:36:00","slug":"government-of-india-bans-59-chinese-apps-including-tiktok-uc-browser-wechat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/30\/government-of-india-bans-59-chinese-apps-including-tiktok-uc-browser-wechat\/","title":{"rendered":"Government of India bans 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, UC Browser, WeChat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4126-logo-1-1448.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title_desc\">The present outrage against China is a result of the clash in Ladakh that took place on June 15.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"widget-list\">\n<div class=\"publisher\">\n<p>With the prevailing anti-China sentiments in the country, the Indian government has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1635206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">banned 59 Chinese apps<\/a>&nbsp;from India. The government in the release has cited that these apps as, &ldquo;&hellip;in view of information available they are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order.&rdquo; The present outrage against China is a result of the clash in Ladakh that took place on June 15. The incident resulted in the death of 20 Indian soldiers in action and more than 70 injured.&nbsp;Also Read &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgr.in\/news\/amazon-flipkart-to-add-labels-to-chinese-goods-like-phones-laptops-sold-online-in-india-899824\/\">Amazon, Flipkart and others to add labels to Chinese goods sold online in India<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The list of the 59 apps include some rather popular ones. One of the biggest names is the popular video based social media app&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgr.in\/tag\/tiktok\/\">TikTok<\/a>. Other popular ones include, UC Browser, WeChat, Shein, WeChat, Shareit, Cam Scanner and Mobile Legends. Reports claim that the intelligence sources clarified that these apps were apparently violating the&nbsp;terms of usage, users privacy, and were potentially being used as spyware or malware.&nbsp;Also Read &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgr.in\/news\/chinese-apps-to-not-be-banned-govt-exposes-viral-nic-order-as-a-fake-898956\/\">Chinese apps to not be banned: Govt exposes viral NIC order as a fake<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The statement from the Ministry of Electronics and Information and Technology mentions that this comes after a lot of&nbsp;recommendation from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre and the Ministry of Home Affairs. Here&rsquo;s a list of the 59 apps that have been banned. The government had previously red flagged 52 different apps many of which are on this list.&nbsp;Also Read &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgr.in\/news\/52-chinese-apps-red-flagged-by-indian-intel-agencies-tiktok-shareit-uc-browser-clean-master-in-list-898469\/\">52 Chinese apps red-flagged by Indian Intel agencies; TikTok, ShareIt, UC Browser, Clean Master in list<\/a><\/p>\n<p>1. TikTok<br \/>2. Shareit<br \/>3. Kwai<br \/>4. UC Browser<br \/>5. Baidu map<br \/>6. Shein<br \/>7. Clash of Kings<br \/>8. DU battery saver<br \/>9. Helo<br \/>10. Likee<br \/>11. YouCam makeup<br \/>12. Mi Community<br \/>13. CM Browers<br \/>14. Virus Cleaner<br \/>15. APUS Browser<br \/>16. ROMWE<br \/>17. Club Factory<br \/>18. Newsdog<br \/>19. Beutry Plus<br \/>20. WeChat<br \/>21. UC News<br \/>22. QQ Mail<br \/>23. Weibo<br \/>24. Xender<br \/>25. QQ Music<br \/>26. QQ Newsfeed<br \/>27. Bigo Live<br \/>28. SelfieCity<br \/>29. Mail Master<br \/>30. Parallel Space<br \/>31. Mi Video Call &mdash; Xiaomi<br \/>32. WeSync<br \/>33. ES File Explorer<br \/>34. Viva Video &mdash; QU Video Inc<br \/>35. Meitu<br \/>36. Vigo Video<br \/>37. New Video Status<br \/>38. DU Recorder<br \/>39. Vault- Hide<br \/>40. Cache Cleaner DU App studio<br \/>41. DU Cleaner<br \/>42. DU Browser<br \/>43. Hago Play With New Friends<br \/>44. Cam Scanner<br \/>45. Clean Master &ndash; Cheetah Mobile<br \/>46. Wonder Camera<br \/>47. Photo Wonder<br \/>48. QQ Player<br \/>49. We Meet<br \/>50. Sweet Selfie<br \/>51. Baidu Translate<br \/>52. Vmate<br \/>53. QQ International<br \/>54. QQ Security Center<br \/>55. QQ Launcher<br \/>56. U Video<br \/>57. V fly Status Video<br \/>58. Mobile Legends<br \/>59. DU Privacy<\/p>\n<p>We will update this story as and when it develops. BGR India has approached several app developers for statements and will update the story.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgr.in\/news\/government-of-india-bans-59-chinese-apps-including-tiktok-uc-browser-wechat-900408\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.bgr.in\/news\/government-of-india-bans-59-chinese-apps-including-tiktok-uc-browser-wechat-900408\/<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>BRG.In Staff<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>BRG.In Staff<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4126-logo-1-1448.png\" alt=\"\">The present outrage against China is a result of the clash in Ladakh that took place on June 15. With the prevailing anti-China sentiments in the country, the Indian government has&nbsp;banned 59 Chinese apps&nbsp;from India. The government in the release has cited that these apps as, &ldquo;&hellip;in view of information available they are engaged in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/30\/government-of-india-bans-59-chinese-apps-including-tiktok-uc-browser-wechat\/\">Continue reading <span>Government of India bans 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, UC Browser, WeChat<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/30\/government-of-india-bans-59-chinese-apps-including-tiktok-uc-browser-wechat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Government of India bans 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, UC Browser, WeChat - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/30\/government-of-india-bans-59-chinese-apps-including-tiktok-uc-browser-wechat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Government of India bans 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, UC Browser, WeChat - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The present outrage against China is a result of the clash in Ladakh that took place on June 15. 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