India Bans Apps Deemed Prejudicial To Sovereignty and Integrity Of India
The Indian government’s Ministry of Electronics and IT issued an order banning 118 mobile apps for use by all citizens. The apps are banned due to data mining concerns. Chinese companies produce all 118 of the banned apps. The applicable law is India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India invoked section 69A of the Information Technology Act read with the relevant provisions of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules 2009.
This is the second time this year the Indian IT Ministry invoked the law to ban Chinese made apps.
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The statement issued by the IT ministry said the agency has received many complaints recording misuse of apps for both Android and iOS devices. The statement claims that the apps mine data and transmit it outside of the country.
“This decision is a targeted move to ensure safety, security, and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace,” the India’s Government Ministry of Electronics & IT said.
This is similar to the statement made when India banned https://www.askcybersecurity.com/tag/tiktok/TikTok along with 59 more Chinese apps in July 2020, India’s IT Ministry declared at that time that the apps were “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order.”
The new list of banned apps Include search engine Baidu, WeChat Work, PUBG, Secure Explorere web browser, VPN for TikTok and more. See the full list at the end of this post.
In July, the Indian government banned all citizens from using 59 Chinese apps. The list of prohibited apps includes TikTok. The move came after a deadly border dispute between Chinese and Indian troops in the Himalayan mountains.
At that time, IT Ministry also invoked the Section 69A Information Technology Act read with the relevant provisions of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules 2009. The apps were deemed prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of the country.
A week afterward, the Indian Army banned TikTok, Instagram, Facebook and 87 other apps produced by companies in foreign countries. The ban only applied to Indian army soldiers as well as officers. The Army also cited data privacy concerns.
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In January The US army prohibited use of TikTok by soldiers on US military owned phones. This ban came on the heels of a similar statement from the US Navy.
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In August US President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning TikTok and Tencent’s WeChat unless they were sold to an American company. The executive order cited data privacy concerns. The allegations about TikTok’s parent company ByteDance sharing user data with the Chinese government is unproven.
Currently several US corporations including Wal-Mart , Microsoft Google are vying for the aquisition to buy TikTok’s US business interests.
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Apps Banned by India IT Ministry
- APUS Launcher Pro- Theme, Live Wallpapers, Smart
- APUS Launcher -Theme, Call Show, Wallpaper, HideApps
- APUS Security -Antivirus, Phone security, Cleaner
- APUS Turbo Cleaner 2020- Junk Cleaner, Anti-Virus
- APUS Flashlight-Free & Bright
- Cut Cut – Cut Out & Photo Background Editor
- Baidu
- Baidu Express Edition
- FaceU – Inspire your Beauty
- ShareSave by Xiaomi: Latest gadgets, amazing deals
- CamCard – Business Card Reader
- CamCard Business
- CamCard for Salesforce
- CamOCR
- InNote
- VooV Meeting – Tencent Video Conferencing
- Super Clean – Master of Cleaner, Phone Booster
- WeChat reading
- Government WeChat
- Small Q brush
- Tencent Weiyun
- Pitu
- WeChat Work
- Cyber Hunter
- Cyber Hunter Lite
- Knives Out-No rules, just fight!
- Super Mecha Champions
- LifeAfter
- Dawn of Isles
- Ludo World-Ludo Superstar
- Chess Rush
- PUBG MOBILE Nordic Map: Livik
- PUBG MOBILE LITE
- Rise of Kingdoms: Lost Crusade
- Art of Conquest: Dark Horizon
- Dank Tanks
- Warpath
- Game of Sultans
- Gallery Vault – Hide Pictures And Videos
- Smart AppLock (App Protect)
- Message Lock (SMS Lock)-Gallery Vault Developer Team
- Hide App-Hide Application Icon
- AppLock
- AppLock Lite
- Dual Space – Multiple Accounts & App Cloner
- ZAKZAK Pro – Live chat & video chat online
- ZAKZAK LIVE: live-streaming & video chat app
- Music – Mp3 Player
- Music Player – Audio Player & 10 Bands Equalizer
- HD Camera Selfie Beauty Camera
- Cleaner – Phone Booster
- Web Browser & Fast Explorer
- Video Player All Format for Android
- Photo Gallery HD & Editor
- Photo Gallery & Album
- Music Player – Bass Booster – Free Download
- HD Camera – Beauty Cam with Filters & Panorama
- HD Camera Pro & Selfie Camera
- Music Player – MP3 Player & 10 Bands Equalizer
- Gallery HD
- Web Browser – Fast, Privacy & Light Web Explorer
- Web Browser – Secure Explorer
- Music player – Audio Player
- Video Player – All Format HD Video Player
- Lamour Love All Over The World
- Amour- video chat & call all over the world.
- MV Master – Make Your Status Video & Community
- MV Master – Best Video Maker & Photo Video Editor
- APUS Message Center-Intelligent management
- LivU Meet new people & Video chat with strangers
- Carrom Friends : Carrom Board & Pool Game-
- Ludo All Star- Play Online Ludo Game & Board Games
- Bike Racing : Moto Traffic Rider Bike Racing Games
- Rangers Of Oblivion : Online Action MMO RPG Game
- Z Camera – Photo Editor, Beauty Selfie, Collage
- GO SMS Pro – Messenger, Free Themes, Emoji
- U-Dictionary: Oxford Dictionary Free Now Translate
- Ulike – Define your selfie in trendy style
- Tantan – Date For Real
- MICO Chat: New Friends Banaen aur Live Chat karen
- Kitty Live – Live Streaming & Video Live Chat
- Malay Social Dating App to Date & Meet Singles
- Alipay
- AlipayHK
- Mobile Taobao
- Youku
- Road of Kings- Endless Glory
- Sina News
- Netease News
- Penguin FM
- Murderous Pursuits
- Tencent Watchlist (Tencent Technology
- Learn Chinese AI-Super Chinese
- HUYA LIVE – Game Live Stream
- Little Q Album
- Fighting Landlords – Free and happy Fighting Landlords
- Hi Meitu
- Mobile Legends: Pocket
- VPN for TikTok
- VPN for TikTok
- Penguin E-sports Live assistant
- Buy Cars-offer everything you need, special offers and low prices
- iPick
- Beauty Camera Plus – Sweet Camera & Face Selfie
- Parallel Space Lite – Dual App
- “Chief Almighty: First Thunder BC
- MARVEL Super War NetEase Games
- AFK Arena
- Creative Destruction NetEase Games
- Crusaders of Light NetEase Games
- Mafia City Yotta Games
- Onmyoji NetEase Games
- Ride Out Heroes NetEase Games
- Yimeng Jianghu-Chu Liuxiang has been fully upgraded
- Legend: Rising Empire NetEase Games
- Arena of Valor: 5v5 Arena Games
- Soul Hunters
- Rules of Survival
