Chinese Social Media Apps Used In India. Secretary of state mike pompeo on monday said that the united states is “certainly looking at” banning chinese social media apps, including tiktok. Tweeted peter navarro, assistant to the us president for trade and manufacturing policy, as he tagged a news report from the new york times on india's decision to ban these chinese social media apps.
After india lost 20 soldiers in a conflict with china in ladakh, boycott china sentiment is raging across indian social media, where people are asking everyone to stop using chinese apps, chinese phones, chinese gadgets and other chinese products. According to a leading tech portal, in december 2017, only 18 chinese apps and software were listed in the top 100 apps on google play store. Indian intelligence agencies have reportedly listed as many as 42 mobile applications that have the potential to.
India's ban on 59 chinese apps, including the popular tiktok, has been widely noted in the us, including by some prominent lawmakers, who have urged the american government to follow.
Once again india has picked out chinese apps and listed them as spyware or malware. Story continues below advertisement this is the second ban on tiktok in india. According to sources, 39% of tiktok's global users are from india. Helo, a social networking app launched by china’s bytedance in june 2018, is now among the leading indian social platforms with more than 40,000,000 users.
