The government has banned 43 mobile applications, mostly of Chinese origin, for being biased against India's sovereignty and security.
Of the 43 apps banned on Tuesday - most of them belong to the Chinese, four Chinese retail company, Alibaba Group.
New Delhi: The central government on Tuesday banned 43 more mobile apps. The government said it was blocking access to 43 mobile applications in India by users under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act.
Action has been taken against mobile applications involved in biased activities of India's sovereignty, integrity, defense, security and public order.
"The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of the Government of India today issued an order under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act blocking access to 43 mobile apps. The action has been taken on the basis of inputs related to these applications for engaging in biased activities related to India's sovereignty and integrity, India's defense, state security and public order.
"The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued an order to stop the blurring of these applications by users in India based on extensive reports received from the Home Ministry's Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center," a government press release said.
Some of these applications are owned by Chinese companies, including four, including China's retail giant, Alibaba Group. These apps include AliExpliers Mobile App, Alibaba Workbench, AliExpress - Smart Shopping, Better Living and Alipay Cashier.
It may be noted that the government had on June 29 and September 2 banned a number of applications in protest of India's sovereignty and integrity. Most of the banned apps were of Chinese origin.
List of 43 apps which have been banned in India:
- AliSuppliers Mobile App
- Alibaba Workbench
- AliExpress - Smarter Shopping, Better Living
- Alipay Cashier
- Lalamove India - Delivery App
- Drive with Lalamove India
- Snack Video
- CamCard - Business Card Reader
- CamCard - BCR (Western)
- Soul- Follow the soul to find you
- Chinese Social - Free Online Dating Video App & Chat
- Date in Asia - Dating & Chat For Asian Singles
- WeDate-Dating App
- Free dating app-Singol, start your date!
- Adore App
- TrulyChinese - Chinese Dating App
- TrulyAsian - Asian Dating App
- ChinaLove: dating app for Chinese singles
- DateMyAge: Chat, Meet, Date Mature Singles Online
- AsianDate: find Asian singles
- FlirtWish: chat with singles
- Guys Only Dating: Gay Chat
- Tubit: Live Streams
- WeWorkChina
- First Love Live- super hot live beauties live online
- Rela - Lesbian Social Network
- Cashier Wallet
- MangoTV
- MGTV-HunanTV official TV APP
- WeTV - TV version
- WeTV - Cdrama, Kdrama&More
- WeTV Lite
- Lucky Live-Live Video Streaming App
- Taobao Live
- DingTalk
- Identity V
- Isoland 2: Ashes of Time
- BoxStar (Early Access)
- Heroes Evolved
- Happy Fish
- Jellipop Match-Decorate your dream island！
- Munchkin Match: magic home building
- Conquista Online II
- Earlier, on June 29, 2020, the Government of India blocked access to 59 mobile applications and on September 2, 2020, 118 more applications were banned under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act. The Government is committed on all fronts to the interests of its citizens and to the sovereignty and integrity of India and will take all possible steps to ensure that, "
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