India bans 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, WeChat

India’s government has banned 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok and WeChat, calling the apps “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India, security of state and public order.”

According to India’s Ministry of Information Technology stated the ban was due to “many complaints from various sources” about the apps, such as “stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers outside India.” Additionally, the Indian government also noted that “the compilation of these data, its mining, and profiling by elements hostile to national security and defense of India, which ultimately impinges upon the sovereignty  of India, is a matter of very deep and immediate concern which requires emergency measures.”

ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, had told the BBC that they’re “committed to working with the Indian government to demonstrate our dedication to user security and our commitment to the country overall.”

Here’s the complete list of the apps banned:

1. TikTok
2. Shareit
3. Kwai
4. UC Browser
5. Baidu map
6. Shein
7. Clash of Kings
8. DU battery saver
9. Helo
10. Likee
11. YouCam makeup
12. Mi Community
13. CM Browers
14. Virus Cleaner
15. APUS Browser
16. ROMWE
17. Club Factory
18. Newsdog
19. Beutry Plus
20. WeChat
21. UC News
22. QQ Mail
23. Weibo
24. Xender
25. QQ Music
26. QQ Newsfeed
27. Bigo Live
28. SelfieCity
29. Mail Master
30. Parallel Space
31. Mi Video Call – Xiaomi
32. WeSync
33. ES File Explorer
34. Viva Video – QU Video Inc
35. Meitu
36. Vigo Video
37. New Video Status
38. DU Recorder
39. Vault- Hide
40. Cache Cleaner DU App studio
41. DU Cleaner
42. DU Browser
43. Hago Play With New Friends
44. Cam Scanner
45. Clean Master – Cheetah Mobile
46. Wonder Camera
47. Photo Wonder
48. QQ Player
49. We Meet
50. Sweet Selfie
51. Baidu Translate
52. Vmate
53. QQ International
54. QQ Security Center
55. QQ Launcher
56. U Video
57. V fly Status Video
58. Mobile Legends
59. DU Privacy

Source: BBC, Economic Times India