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    INDIA BANS TIKTOK, OTHER CHINESE APPS AMID BORDER STANDOFF

    Jul 10, 2020 3 minutes

    Indian TikTok users awoke Tuesday (30) to a notice from the popular short-video app saying the company was working to comply with an India government ban on dozens of Chinese apps amid a military standoff between the two countries.

    While service in India was suspended, the ban was largely symbolic since the apps can’t be automatically erased from devices where they’ve already been downloaded. The move was a response to a border clash with China where 20 Indian soldiers died earlier this month, digital experts said. “They want to send a message.

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