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The union government has issued fresh orders to ban over 54 Chinese apps terming them as a threat to privacy and security of Indians, officials aware of the development told ET. A number of these apps belong to the stable of large Chinese technology firms such as Tencent, Alibaba and gaming firm NetEase and are “rebranded or rechristened avatars” of apps that have been banned in the country beginning from 2020.
The ministry of electronics and IT-- which issued the latest ban order on the grounds that these apps were transferring sensitive data of Indians to servers in foreign countries such as China-- has also directed top app stores including Google’s Playstore to block these applications. “The 54 apps have already been blocked from being accessed in India through the PlayStore,” an official said.
Since June 2020, the government has banned a total of around 224 Chinese apps starting with about 59 apps in the first round, including popular applications like TikTok, Shareit, WeChat, Helo, Likee, UC News, Bigo Live, UC Browser, ES File Explorer, and Mi Community.
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