India Bans 59 Chinese Apps including TikTok, UC Browser and ShareIT
For the last few days, we have seen big brands like CocaCola, Starbucks, Diageo, Unilever either pause ads or stop ads on Facebook as part of the ‘Stop Hate for Profit’ campaign. Now, the Indian government has banned 59 Chinese apps including the Popular TikTok, Shareit, UC Browser etc. apps citing privacy concerns
Their Ministry of Information and Technology has said that it “has received many complaints from various sources including several reports about the misuse of some mobile apps… for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers which have locations outside India.”
The list of 59 Chinese apps banned in India
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
TikTok demographics shows India is its biggest overseas market for TikTok. 43% of TikTok users are Indians, that is over 120 million active users. Moreover, Apps like ShareIT were enjoying an Indian market share of 200 million monthly active users. A browser app like UC browser had garnered up to 130 Million users.
Image source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
What is the impact of the ban?
Users will have to look for alternatives.
Job loss because the majority of the banned platforms have Indians as content creators.
I foresee a standoff between these two world’s most populated countries
YouTube has “won” the war cause now there will be a shortage of videos.
