Chinese apps banned in India – The main reason for TikTok banned in India

by Fahim · Published July 2, 2020 · Updated October 7, 2020

India has banned a total of 59 Chinese apps including TickTock, UC Browser, WeChat!

The Indian government yesterday banned a total of 59 Chinese mobile apps for the sake of national security India. This list of banned apps in India includes some very popular Chinese apps such as; UC Browser, TickTock, WeChat, ShareIt etc.

Almost everyone knows at the present time that there is a clash between the Indian military and the Chinese forces. At least 20 Indian soldiers were killed and more than 75 were injured in the clashes. The New Delhi government of India claims that these 59 Chinese apps are stealing data of Indian users and smuggling it to China.

Indian officials believe that profiles of Indian users are being created using the data and this is a risk to national security. So yesterday the Indian Ministry of Information Technology 59 imposed a ban on these Chinese apps.

However, it is still unclear how the Indian government will process the ban, especially from a technical level. At the time of writing, the apps are still on the App Store and working perfectly from within the country. It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post.

Technically, banning an app is a very difficult task. Russia has had a telegram ban for two years, but it was later banned. Although Telegram was banned from the ISP level, Telegram always came up with a method to bypass this ban. If an app is banned from the ISP level, it can be easily run using ordinary VPN software.

Below is a complete list of Chinese apps that the Indian government has banned: