BYTEDANCE MAY SELL TIKTOK'S INDIA BUSINESS TO GLANCE

HIGHLIGHTS

• Last year the Indian Government banned TikTok in India.
• Bytedance is planning to sell India operations of TikTok to Glance.

Last year, the Indian Government banned many Chinese apps in India, including TikTok. Now Bytedanc...

INDIAN GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE BAN ON CHINESE APPS

HIGHLIGHTS

• In JUNE 2020, Indian government banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok.
• In SEP 2020, Indian government banned 118 more Chinese apps including PUBG mobile game.
• Reports say that ban on Chinese apps is expected to continue in Indi...

INDIA PUTS PAID TO 59 CHINESE APPS INCLUDING BYTE DANCE’S TIK TOK AND TENCENT’S WECHAT

• On Jan.25, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology conclusively paid put to 59 Chinese applications, including ByteDance’s Tik Tok, Tencent’s WeChat, Baidu, Alibaba’s UC Browser, digital e-commerce app Club Factory, Xiaomi’s Mi Video Call, ...

U.S. PRESIDENT TRUMP BANS TRANSACTIONS WITH EIGHT CHINESE APPS

Highlights

• With just over two weeks left before his exit, President Trump is leaving no stone unturned to take on China

• Reports state that this decision has been taken to curb the threat to Americans posed by Chinese software applications as they have larger user...

TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER TO BAN CHINESE APP TIK TOK TO FACE LEGAL CHALLENGES

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• Trump’s executive order to ban Chinese app TikTok to face legal challenges.
• Trump had issued an executive order to ban the app and its parent company ByteDance.
• TikTok plans to file a suit against the executive ord...

AFTER TikTok, THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IS PLANNING TO BAN PUBG: REPORT

Highlights

• PUBG was developed and made compatible for mobile phones by Chinese techno giant Tencent and introduced it as PUBG MOBILE

• PUBG was download over 175 million times in India and remains one of the favourite games in the country

• The Gover...

TikTok CEO TO INDIA EMPLOYEES: COMPANY WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS

Highlights

• TikTok has been banned by the Government of India along with 58 other apps

• TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer says the company continues to comply with all data privacy and security requirements under the Indian law

• The company has assured it&rsqu...

THE GOVT OF INDIA BANS TikTok & 58 OTHER APPS FROM IMMEDIATE EFFECT

Highlights

• The list of apps banned by the Government of India include TikTok, SHAREit, Cam Scanner, UC Browser and numerous others

• The decision to ban all these apps has been taken by the Indian Government citing security reasons

• Majority of the ...

HOW TikTok BECAME INTEGRAL PART OF LONDON’S IT INDUSTRY

Facebook and Instagram had continued their dominance in the terms of social media platforms since years. This dominance was challenged when a social media app was developed by a Chinese company and became wildly popular. TikTok is an app which is loved and used by millions of youngsters across th...

CHINESE APP FOR TRACING CORONA VIRUS IN PEOPLE

Highlights:

• Close contact detector, a Chinese app
• App helps in tracing a person’s movements and the close proximity to another to give the information about COVID-19 contraction
• A government of China, China Electronics & the heal...