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Google and Apple Respond to Chinese apps as India bannned Chinese apps.

As India bans 59 Chinese apps, Apple and Google also blocked them in their stores.


Two days after India's Govt blocked several apps developed by Chinese Companies, Google and Apple have started blocking them on their Play and App stores in complying with new Delhi's order. It will be a loss to Chinese firms as the Indian govt is preventing the world's second-largest internet market from using these apps.


TikTok, UC Browser, and many other Chinese apps are no longer listed on these stores in India. Websites of these apps have also become inaccessible in the country. TikTok has about 200 million followers in India.

A dispute between two neighboring countries at a disputed Himalayan region which left 20 Indian soldiers dead with several wounded as confirmed by Indian govt, stoking high tensions.


These companies are compiling, mining, and profiling users' data which poses a threat to '' National Security and Defence of india", In its statement Indian IT ministry said. Some developers including bytedance have voluntarily made their apps inaccessible in India.

India has emerged as one of the biggest battlegrounds for two rivals i-e  Silicon Valley which includes Google, Facebook, Whatsapps etc vs Chinese firms that are includind TikTok, WeChat, UC Browser etc.

Note: Here is the list of 59 chinese apps banned by indian Govt.



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