The
Indian Government took a decision on Monday to ban the apps that was threat to
the nation which includes Byte Dance’s TikTok, Alibaba Group’s UC Browser,
Tencent’s We chat and 56 others. The Ministry of Information and technology
said in the press release that,” These apps are engaging in activities which is
prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India, the
security of the state and public order.” It also said that they have received
various complaints from various sources which includes violation of data in
some mobile applications (Stealing and Transmitting user’s data abroad to
servers present in other country in an unauthorized manner.)
The
Ban has been under enforcement under the Section 69A of the Information Technology
Act, 2000 which says “Power to issue directions for blocking for public access
of any information through any computer medium as a resource”. It is being said
that the ban has ban imposed due to the India-China border crisis near the
Galwan Valley which nearly killed 20 of the Indian Armed Personnel which
occurred 2 weeks ago. The Diplomats Have been trying to make a conversation for
the Line of Actual Control but it made no difference. The apps which has been
banned are actually making a data breach through the 130 crore Indian’s
Smartphone which was earlier as well, but the Government of India took this as
a Call to Action for the China’s Dumping System across the Globe.
The
User bas for these banned apps in India are hilarious. Some of the most active
monthly userbase includes:
|
Most Used Chinese Applications |
Active Monthly Users |
|
ShareIT |
20 Crores |
|
UC Browser |
13 Crores |
|
Tik Tok |
12 Crores |
|
Mi Community |
8 Crores |
|
Helo |
5 Crores |
The
Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, part of the Ministry of Home Affairs,
has sent an “Exhaustive recommendation for blocking the malicious apps,” the
press release said. The Indian Representatives of those 59 apps are not ready
to comment as of now.
Ban Enforcement?
A
notification will be provided to the Internet Service Provider such as Jio,
Airtel, etc. and also Google and Apple for removing the applications from their
respective app stores. Also, the Chinese companies will be contacted by the Government
of India and will be given Legal notices for violating the law in the Indian
constitution. However, the aps will be working as of now, but no new feed or
new profiles can be created in the particular applications. The applications
will show the data which are in the servers locally. The Act will be proceeded
and all the apps won’t be usable within a significant amount of time.
The people of India who made a livelihood from these Chinese applications will be the most affected ones. For instance, Tik Tok stars and Social Media Influencers who cracked Tik Tok, people who posted news in UC news are the ones dethroned from their career. All the Social Media Influencers will have to switch their Social Influence to other platforms. The 59 Chinese applications which are banned by the Government of India are:
1. TikTok
2. ShareIT
3. UC
Browser
4. Helo
5. Kwai
6. Baidu
Map
7. Shein
8. Clash
of Kings
9. DU
Battery Saver
10.YouCam Makeup
11.Likee
12. Mi Community
13.CM Browser
14.Virus Cleaner
15.APUS Browser
16.ROMWE
17.Club Factory
18.Newsdog
19.Beauty Plus
20.We Chat
21.UC News
22.QQ Mail
23.Weibo
24.Xender
25.QQ Music
26.QQ Newsfeed
27.Bigo Live
28.Selfie City
29.Mail Master
30.Parallel Space
31.Mi Video Call – Xiaomi
32.We Sync
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
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