Amid reports of users being able to reach Tikkok’s website homepage in India, sources in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology have clarified that the ban on the Chinese app has not been lifted.
Earlier, many users reportedly claimed that they were capable of reaching the website of a bidence-owned company in India, even though the Tikokk app itself remained unavailable on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Government sources said, “The Government of India has not issued any unlocking order for Tikokkok. Any such statement/news is wrong and misleading.”
In June 2020, the central government announced a ban on 59 mobile applications, mostly Chinese, including Tiktok, UC Browser and WeChat, citing concerns, saying that they are prejudices for India’s sovereignty and integrity, defense of India, security of state and security of public system ‘.
The move came against China’s flowing border tension with China. Relations between Beijing and New Delhi hit the Galley Valley in East Ladakh short during clashes.
The move came against China’s flowing border tension with China. Relations between Beijing and New Delhi hit the Galley Valley in East Ladakh short during clashes.
At that time, Union Home Minister Amit Shah supported the decision to block the app and signed a recommendation by the then Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, before the protocol was formally issued as per the protocol by the Ministry of IT.
59 apps were reported to “leaked data”, at that time HT reported.
“All these apps have been reported to leak the data. Their misconducts have also been single by experts. They have been asked to transfer files to the server in China. Also, beauty apps like beauty plus and selfie camera have also been reported to have a threat to be a threat, as they are pornographic materials,” a ministry official said.
Tiktok allegedly had around 200 million users in India by January 2020.
Chinese companies were suspected of making backdoor in their hardware and software, a matter of concern was the most prominent quoted by many countries, where authorities have been wested to deploy Chinese -made 5G networking equipment.
