[list] 47 Chinese Apps Banned|47 chinese apps banned in india

After banning 59 Chinese applications last month, the Indian government has banned 47 more apps of Chinese origin in the country. Sources have told India Today TV that the 47 banned Chinese apps were operating as clones of the earlier banned apps. The list of the 47 Chinese applications will be released soon.he decision to ban 47 Chinese apps was taken after a security review by the Ministry of Telecom. According to various media reports, the 47 banned Chinese apps were operating as clones of earlier banned apps. A confirmation on the list of banned Chinese apps is awaited.

India has banned 47 Chinese apps over user privacy violations. India has prepared a list of over 250 Chinese apps, including apps from Alibaba, for allegedly sharing Indian user data with Chinese agencies.India has also prepared a list of over 250 apps that it will examine for any user privacy or national security violations.As per the government sources, India has drawn up a list of over 250 Chinese apps that are under scanner for any violation of national security and user privacy.

47 chinese apps banned in india

Some top gaming Chinese applications are also expected to be banned in the new list that is being drawn up, sources said. The Chinese applications, that are being reviewed, have allegedly been sharing data with the Chinese agencies.The government said these apps were engaged in activities that were prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity and defence of India.

A government press release announcing the ban stated: “The Ministry of Information Technology, invoking it’s power under 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 and in view of the emergent nature of threats has decided to block 59 apps since in view of information available they are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order”.

47 chinese apps banned list

Some top gaming applications linked with China are also expected to be banned in the new list that is being made, sources said. The Chinese applications that have come under the scanner of the government include Alibaba, PUBG, Tencent, Xiaomi, ByteDance and others.

The move was taken as these 47 apps were operating as clones of the apps banned earlier. Sources have said that these apps were violative of India’s data protocol and were compromising the data safety of users. It is alleged that they were sharing Indian data with Chinese agencies.

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