India bans 60 Chinese apps, including TikTok, but enforcement of ban unclear

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India has formally instituted a Chinese app ban which particularly targets 60 purposes.
Among the apps is the insanely in style TikTok in addition to another favorites of Android customers.
India hasn’t given any indication for the way it will implement this ban, although, making it largely symbolic for now.

Today, the Indian authorities formally instituted a Chinese app ban which bans 60 apps. Some of the apps are comparatively unknown however a couple of of them are extremely in style, together with the worldwide phenomenon TikTok.

We realized the information through Twitter, however we had heard rumblings of a Chinese app ban within the nation as early as two weeks in the past.

In an announcement on the matter, the Ministry of Electronics & IT says the apps in query are “engaged in actions which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, safety of state and public order.” You can see the complete assertion in photos beneath in addition to the tweet the place we discovered the data:

BIG BREAKING: Indian Govt bans 59 Chinese apps, together with Tik-Tok. Full record: pic.twitter.com/QR1dpRPln5

— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) June 29, 2020

There are precisely 60 purposes a part of the Chinese app ban, most of which we had been certain would seem on the official record, However, there are a couple of we didn’t anticipate.

India Chinese app ban: The official record

TikTok
Mi Community
Weibo
WeChat
SHAREit
Clash of Kings
DU recorder
YouCam Makeup
DU Battery Saver
DU Browser
DU Cleaner
DU Privacy
DU Recorder
Clean Master – Cheetah
Cache Cleaner
DU Apps Studio
Baidu Translate
Baidu Map
QQ Launcher
QQ Security Centre
QQ Player
QQ Music
QQ Mail
QQ NewsFeed
WeSync
QQ International
New Video Status
V Fly Status Video
Mobile Legends
Vmate

ES File Explorer
Mi Video call-Xiaomi
Parallel Space
SelfieMetropolis
Mail Master
Vault-Hide
Vigo Video
Bigo Live
UC News
UC Browser
BeautyPlus
Xender
ClubFactory
Helo
LIKEE
Kwai
ROMWE
SHEIN
NewsCanine
Wonder Camera
Photo Wonder
APUS Browser
VivaVideo- QU Video Inc
CM Browser
Virus Cleaner (Hi Security Lab)
Meitu
Hago Play With New Friends
Cam Scanner
We Meet
Sweet Selfie

Unfortunately, though the assertion makes it clear which apps are a part of this Chinese app ban, it doesn’t in any respect clarify how India will implement this new coverage. As far as we will inform, all of the apps above are nonetheless obtainable on the Google Play Store and can proceed to work on individuals’s telephones who have already got them downloaded.

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In addition, a number of the apps above are inventory apps that include units, particularly the Xiaomi-branded apps. It could be tough to take away inventory apps like these, even with a Play Store removing, so would that make the cellphone itself banned, too?

It’s very potential that is only a symbolic ban, however we have now reached out to Google to search out out if the corporate has any plans for following this new Chinese app ban for India. We will let if the corporate will get again to us with an announcement.

In the meantime, in case you are in India and use one of many apps above you’re technically violating the ban — however, with none listed repercussions for doing so, we don’t understand how severe of a “crime” that’s.