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India willing to reconsider the ban on TikTok after US-Bytedance come to an agreement

September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 Chetan Anand

As ByteDance, the parent of the TikTok Inc, is believed to have finalized an agreement with the United States Of America to sell it’s stakes to the American giants, Walmart and Oracle, reports suggest India may reconsider it’s ban if TikTok Inc. wants to discuss the matters with the government. Recently, this famous app and few other Chinese apps were banned in the country over concerns on data privacy and security as the relations between the two Asian countries got tense over skirmishes on the Indo-China LAC. As per the…

India bans 118 more apps which also include PUBG

September 2, 2020September 2, 2020 Gavin D'souza

In a familiar power flex by the Indian government, PUBG along with several other Chinese apps lose Indian markets. On Wednesday, in the aftermath of conspicuous activity on the border that spark fresh friction between India and China, the Indian government decides to axe yet another set of apps, including the widely popular game PUBG. A total of 118 apps got axed by the Indian government as the Ministry of Information and Technology banned decided to ban them. The banned mobile applications are prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity, defence of…