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.
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers news in China and Taiwan. He holds a Master's degree in materials science from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.
