TikTok, WeChat and 59 other Chinese apps permanently banned in India
Jan 26, 2021, at 10:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: TikTok, WeChat and 59 other Chinese apps, banned by the government in June 2020, will be permanently inaccessible in India, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has decided, said media reports.
'We simply have no choice': TikTok sues Trump administration over allegations of security concerns
Aug 25, 2020, at 06:13 am
Washington/IBNS: Makers of video-sharing app TikTok have said they have no choice but to sue the Trump administration over an executive order banning its operations and alleged that its "extensive efforts" to protect the privacy and security of TikTok’s US user data have been ignored, said a Reuters report.
Indian government directs Apple, Google to take down TikTok from app stores
Apr 17, 2019, at 08:07 am
New Delhi, Apr 17 (IBNS): The Indian government has directed IT giants Google and Apple to take down popular Chinese short-video mobile application TikTok from their app stores after there were allegations that the app is a source of cultural degradation.