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Government Bans 43 Mobile Apps Over Defence & Security Concerns
Earlier this year on June 29, the government had blocked access to 59 mobile apps and 118 more apps on September 2 under section 69A of the Information Technology Act.
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The ministry of electronic and information technology (Meity) has banned 43 more mobile apps in the country. Most of these are Chinese applications. The central government has banned these apps by taking action under Section 69A of the IT act citing them as a threat to the sovereignty, integrity, and security of the country. It has been told by the government that these apps are involved in activities against India's sovereignty, integrity, defense, security, and law and order.
The IT Ministry has said that the decision to ban the said mobile app has been taken based on the report received by the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Center of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Earlier, on 29 June, the Indian government had banned 59 Chinese mobile apps. After this, 118 more apps were banned on 2 September. The government's action is also being called a digital surgical strike amid tension on the border with China.
"Government is committed to protect the interests of citizens and sovereignty and integrity of India on all fronts and it shall take all possible steps to ensure that," the official statement reads.
Sharing his views, Ankit Chaudhari, CEO & Founder, Aiisma said, “This was due for a while now and even more could be in pipeline. E-commerce/payments/online dating are the primarily targeted infrastructures that have access to quite a lot of critical consumer information. What needs to be seen is if Indian alternatives are able to replace with profits these existing platforms rather than just replace them with a burn.”
"The another ban on 43 Chinese apps is a welcome move by the Govt. of India and the IT Ministry. I think this is a strong move by the government that sends out a strong message that Indian data cannot be compromised. We welcome anyone to do business here, but Indian users data must be protected through safe means. There are many apps in the market, which can be better alternatives of Chinese apps like –AliExpress, CamCard etc. During the last two times ban on apps home grown apps have seen a huge increase in the number of downloads. Domestic applications developers recruited and this opportunity has also opened up the job market under the segment which will eventually have an added boost to the Indian economy." said Teja Gudluru, Founder & CEO, UDo-now.com
Here's the complete list of 43 apps banned by the government:
1) AliSuppliers Mobile App
2) Alibaba Workbench
3) AliExpress - Smarter Shopping, Better Living
4) Alipay Cashier
5) Lalamove India - Delivery App
6) Drive with Lalamove India
7) Snack Video
8) CamCard - Business Card Reader
9) CamCard - BCR (Western)
10) Soul- Follow the soul to find you
11) Chinese Social - Free Online Dating Video App & Chat
12) Date in Asia - Dating & Chat For Asian Singles
13) WeDate-Dating App
14) Free dating app-Singol, start your date!
15) Adore App
16) TrulyChinese - Chinese Dating App
17) TrulyAsian - Asian Dating App
18) ChinaLove: dating app for Chinese singles
19) DateMyAge: Chat, Meet, Date Mature Singles Online
20) AsianDate: find Asian singles
21) FlirtWish: chat with singles
22) Guys Only Dating: Gay Chat
23) Tubit: Live Streams
24) WeWorkChina
25) First Love Live- super hot live beauties live online
26) Rela - Lesbian Social Network
27) Cashier Wallet
28) MangoTV
29) MGTV-HunanTV official TV APP
30) WeTV - TV version
31) WeTV - Cdrama, Kdrama&More
32) WeTV Lite
33) Lucky Live-Live Video Streaming App
34) Taobao Live
35) DingTalk
36) Identity V
37) Isoland 2: Ashes of Time
38) BoxStar (Early Access)
39) Heroes Evolved
40) Happy Fish
41) Jellipop Match-Decorate your dream island!
42) Munchkin Match: magic home building
43) Conquista Online II