India Announces Additional Ban of More Than 100 Mostly Chinese Apps

Members of the City Youth Organisation hold posters with logos of Chinese apps in support of the Indian government for banning the wildly popular video-sharing TikTok app, in Hyderabad, India, on June 30, 2020. Noah Seelam/AFP via Getty Images

India has now banned more than 200 mostly Chinese mobile apps, citing the apps’ collection of user data as a national security risk.

India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued the latest ban on Sept. 2, identifying a total of 118 mobile apps, according to a government press release. It’s the third list of banned apps issued since June.