Amid ongoing border tensions between India and China, the Government of India has banned 43 more Chinese apps from access of users on Tuesday. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued an order under section 69A of the Information Technology Act blocking access to 43 mobile apps basing on the inputs regarding these apps for engaging in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, the security of the state and public order.
The banned apps included popular shopping website AliExpress, which comes as a big blow to Chinese e-commerce major Alibaba. This is another setback for the e-commerce giant after its Ant Group’s $37-billion (£28 billion) initial public offering, (IPO) was halted in China.
Earlier on June 29, 2020, the Centre had blocked access to 59 mobile apps and 118 more apps were banned on September 2, 2020, under section 69A of the Information Technology Act.
The government is committed to protect the interests of citizens and sovereignty and integrity of India on all fronts and it shall take all possible steps to ensure that goal.
The earlier banned apps included Baidu, Baidu Express Edition, Tencent Watchlist, FaceU, WeChat Reading, Ludo All Star, Alipay and Tencent Weiyun, besides PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite, according to an official statement.
List of the mobile apps banned on Tuesday
While executing the ban earlier, the Ministry of Information Technology had said it received many complaints of some Apps stealing and transmitting user data to servers located outside India.
Previously banned apps included much-used apps such as Tiktok, Helo, SHAREit, and PUBG. The second app ban included the banning of their lite versions.
This post was last modified on 24 November 2020 10:49 pm
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