On 29 June,2020 the government of India took a surprising decision to boycott China followed by the first step to ban 59 Chinese apps. Indian government surprised everyone at late night and put the ban. According to Section 69A of the IT Act empowers the Government to block any content in the interest of defense of the country. This move underscores that the cyber world and Internet are part of geopolitics, and not some distant matter left to techies. We must have a robust cyber-peace or war policy that addresses our national security concerns and presents a well-thought through, rights-respecting policy, in sharp contrast to an authoritarian regime like China.
The Indian government banned the social media platforms such as tik tok, Helo and We Chat. The shopping sites such as Shein and clubfactory has also suffered for their sudden demise in India. Even Shareit and cam scanner which has a lot of popularity in country.These were the more prominent apps that have been blocked amid rising tensions between India and China following clashes at the border two weeks ago. This is not a good sign for China as other countries can also react to this and can ban the applications in their respective countries. This is a huge loss for China in losing their profits and can fall for losses. The statement from the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) said it had received complaints from various sources, including several reports about the misuse of some mobile apps for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers outside India.
Here’s the complete list of the apps banned:
1. TikTok
2. Shareit
3. Kwai
4. UC Browser
5. Baidu map
6. Shein
7. Clash of Kings
8. DU battery saver
9. Helo
10. Likee
11. YouCam makeup
12. Mi Community
13. CM Browers
14. Virus Cleaner
15. APUS Browser
16. ROMWE
17. Club Factory
18. Newsdog
19. Beutry Plus
20. WeChat
21. UC News
22. QQ Mail
23. Weibo
24. Xender
25. QQ Music
26. QQ Newsfeed
27.Bingo Live
28. SelfieCity
29. Mail Master
30. Parallel Space
31. Mi Video Call – Xiaomi
32. WeSync
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
Many people around the country are happy, though many of them are even not happy with the decision of the government processing this way to fight against China. After the Official statement passed by the government on the social media platforms, people started making memes and came in support of the decision whether it be a common man, celebrity or opposition itself. Everyone is in support of this decision. China should understand they need to keep calm and try to improve the situation or it will get even worse for them.
As per the reports of ANI, China is strongly concerned, verifying the situation: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on India banning Chinese apps. Their reaction to the situation tells it all they themselves are worried about the crises their country will fell for after these bans. The maximum users of Tik Tok is in India and the maximum revenue they collet is also from India. After this BJP government’s eye is on not givin powerups to the Chinese companies settled in India. It is soon going to be bad time for China. Soon be Careful.
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