After announcing the ban on 59 Chinese apps at the end of June, the Indian government has now banned an additional 47 Chinese apps from being used in the country. As reported by India Today, the country's ministry of electronics and information technology banned 47 apps that were variants and cloned copies of 59 previously banned Chinese apps. Many of these apps are 'lite' versions of their banned counterparts like TikTok Lite, Helo Lite, SHAREit Lite, and others. In addition, India has also compiled a list of more than 250 Chinese apps, including some apps related to Chinese e-commerce and cloud giant Alibaba, which it will review for privacy and national security violations. , according to government sources who spoke to India Today TV. Some of the best Chinese mobile gaming apps, such as the Tencent-backed PUBG, are also banned in India as part of the new list being developed.
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India first announced its ban on 59 Chinese apps late last month as tensions between the two countries continued to escalate. The country's Information Technology Ministry decided to ban the apps in the first place, fearing they would steal data from Indian citizens and pose a risk to their national security. One day after the ban was announced, Google removed all the apps in question from the Play Store in India. At the same time, the Chinese social media platform TikTok responded to the ban by suggesting that it would take legal action against the Indian government. Now that India has imposed its ban on 59 Chinese apps with the possibility of banning up to 250 more apps in the future, other countries are likely to follow suit, especially if their investigation into the apps ends up finding privacy and security violations. national.- We've also highlighted the best VPN services.