Chinese Apps

TikTok India is planning to retrench its staff citing the Centre’s decision to extend the ban on the app. In the January 27 letter, TikTok interim chief Vanessa Pappas wrote "we simply cannot responsibly stay fully staffed" with no respite from the government. However, the letter did not mention about the number of people TikTok will shed. Meanwhile, reports have suggested that TikTok employees have started to look for possibilities in newly… read-more

US President Donald Trump ordered to ban on various Chinese apps like Alipay, WeChat, QQ Wallet, alleging that they pass user’s information to the Chinese Government. Calling them a threat to US national security, the order suspicioned them to be likely used for tracking and making dossiers on US federal employees. Earlier, the US government cracked down with heavy hands ordering ByteDance to remove the famous Chinese short-video app TikTok… read-more

US State Department on September 3 lauded India's move to ban Chinese apps. It stated, "India has banned 100 plus Chinese apps. We call on all freedom-loving nations and companies to join The Clean Network." The Clean Network initiative, launched by the Trump administration, is aimed to protect the US citizens' privacy and its companies' sensitive information from the data mining by the Chinese Communist Party.

France's privacy watchdog CNIL has initiated a probe against TikTok, a Chinese short-form video-sharing app. According to a CNIL spokesperson, the watchdog started investigation after a complaint about TikTok was received in May. However, he refused to dwell into the details of the complaint. TikTok said that it was aware of the probe, and was cooperating completely. TikTok is facing similar investigations already in the US, EU, and the… read-more