India bans TikTok and WeChat among scores of Chinese apps

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World / Asia India bans TikTok and WeChat among scores of Chinese apps 29 June 2020 - 21:05 Sankalp Phartiyal Picture: REUTERS/DADO RUVIC New Delhi — India on Monday banned scores of Chinese mobile apps including Bytedance's TikTok and Tencent's WeChat in its strongest move yet targeting China in the online space since a border crisis erupted between the two countries in June. India's technology ministry issued an order stating the apps are “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order”. After the order, Google and Apple will have to remove these...