In the month of June, India banned 59 apps made by the Chinese, including TikTok, WeChat, and several QQ and Baidu apps. Presently, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology banned an additional 118 apps with links to China. The ministry said it did so, “in the interest of sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India and security of the State.”
PUBG was part of the apps banned today – not the desktop or console versions – as well as three Alibaba apps: Alipay, Taobao, and Youku. PUBG Mobile is by far the most popular, with over 40 million monthly active users in India.
Officials report that they’ve received several queries about the misuse of mobile apps. Allegedly, some apps have stolen users’ data and transferred it to servers outside of India. This means the tension between China and India is rising really fast.
“The compilation of these data, it’s mining, and profiling by elements hostile to national security and defense [sic] of India, which ultimately impinges upon the sovereignty and integrity of India, is a matter of very deep and immediate concern which requires emergency measures,” India’s IT Ministry wrote.
India is also thinking of rules that would require companies to gain users’ permission before using their personal data and make it easier for the government to obtain users’ identities from social media platforms.
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