The Union government of India has banned 47 Chinese apps that were functioning as clones of the 59 banned apps. In June, the Indian government had banned 59 Chinese apps, including Bytedance’s TikTok, Alibaba’s UC Browser, citing security concerns.
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This apps have been banned in India, in pursuant to the section 69 A of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public Rules 2009.
The apps were stated to be prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India as well to the security of state, public order and Defence of India.
After the government initially banned 59 Chinese apps, many of their clones and similar apps had risen to the top of the Google Play rankings.
The Union Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology had written to the concerned companies stating that the continued availability of the apps and their operation either directly or indirectly was illegal and will be counted as an offence under the Information Technology Act.
The government had warned that those app makers who violate the order could face serious action.