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TikTok Still Blocked: Government Sources On Buzz About Ban Being Lifted
- Friday August 22, 2025
- India News | NDTV News Desk
TikTok is still blocked in India, government sources said this evening after several users reported that they could access the website of the video streaming platform.
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TikTok Retains Access to Indian Users' Personal Data After 2020 Ban: Report
- Wednesday March 22, 2023
- Written by David Delima, Edited by Jamshed Avari, Siddharth Suvarna
TikTok continues to retain information on its users from India who can no longer access the video sharing platform, according to a report. The service was blocked in India in 2020, and currently faces the possibility of a ban in the US, where the app has grown in popularity, over national security concerns.
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Garena Free Fire, AppLock, 52 More Chinese Apps Banned by India Over National Security Issues
- Monday February 14, 2022
- Jagmeet Singh
Government has ordered to ban 54 apps including Tencent’s Xriver and gaming firm NetEase’s Onmyoji Arena that have links to China and pose threat to the country’s security, according to sources. Google and Apple have been informed to block access to these apps.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Josh, Indian Short Video-Sharing App like TikTok, Gets Google, Microsoft Backing in $100 Million Funding
- Tuesday December 22, 2020
- Gadgets 360 Staff With Inputs From Reuters
Bengaluru-based VerSe Innovation that owns Josh, a short video-sharing app like TikTok, has got $100 million (roughly Rs. 700 crores) in funding led by Google and Microsoft. The popularity of the app spiked after TikTok was banned in India and has crossed 50 million downloads on the Google Play store.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Desi TikTok Variant Gets Google, Microsoft Backing In $100 Million Funding
- Tuesday December 22, 2020
- India News | Reuters
The parent of a TikTok copycat from India has raised more than $100 million from investors including Alphabet Inc's Google and Microsoft, months after the Chinese-owned short-video app was banned in the country.
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www.ndtv.com
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Government Bans 43 More 'Chinese' Apps Including AliExpress, CamCard, Taobao Live
- Tuesday November 24, 2020
- Jagmeet Singh
The government on Tuesday banned as many as 43 new mobile apps that have a linkage with China. These apps include AliExpress, CamCard, and Taobao Live, among others.
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www.gadgets360.com
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TikTok Pakistan Ban Lifted After Company Vows to Moderate Content
- Monday October 19, 2020
- Reuters
Pakistan has decided to lift a ban on popular social media app TikTok after the company vowed to block all accounts involved in spreading "obscenity and immorality", the country's telecom authority said on Monday.
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www.gadgets360.com
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TikTok Banned in Pakistan Over "Immoral and Indecent" Content
- Saturday October 10, 2020
- Reuters
Pakistan's telecom regulator blocked TikTok on Friday for failing to filter out "immoral and indecent" content, another blow to the social media app that has come under increasing scrutiny as its popularity has surged across the globe.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Pakistan Bans TikTok Over "Immoral" Content
- Friday October 9, 2020
- World News | Reuters
Pakistan on Friday blocked social media app TikTok for failing to filter out "immoral and indecent" content, the country's telecommunication authority said in a statement.
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www.ndtv.com
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PUBG Ban: Government Bans 118 Chinese Apps and Games Including PUBG Mobile, Apus Launcher, Rules of Survival
- Thursday September 3, 2020
- Jagmeet Singh
PUBG Mobile, Apus Launcher, Rules of Survival, and 115 other Chinese apps and games have been banned in India. The new app ban comes just a little over a month after the government imposed a ban on 47 Chinese apps that followed the blocking of TikTok and 58 other apps in the country.
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www.gadgets360.com
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TikTok Still Blocked: Government Sources On Buzz About Ban Being Lifted
- Friday August 22, 2025
- India News | NDTV News Desk
TikTok is still blocked in India, government sources said this evening after several users reported that they could access the website of the video streaming platform.
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www.ndtv.com
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TikTok Retains Access to Indian Users' Personal Data After 2020 Ban: Report
- Wednesday March 22, 2023
- Written by David Delima, Edited by Jamshed Avari, Siddharth Suvarna
TikTok continues to retain information on its users from India who can no longer access the video sharing platform, according to a report. The service was blocked in India in 2020, and currently faces the possibility of a ban in the US, where the app has grown in popularity, over national security concerns.
-
www.gadgets360.com
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Garena Free Fire, AppLock, 52 More Chinese Apps Banned by India Over National Security Issues
- Monday February 14, 2022
- Jagmeet Singh
Government has ordered to ban 54 apps including Tencent’s Xriver and gaming firm NetEase’s Onmyoji Arena that have links to China and pose threat to the country’s security, according to sources. Google and Apple have been informed to block access to these apps.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Josh, Indian Short Video-Sharing App like TikTok, Gets Google, Microsoft Backing in $100 Million Funding
- Tuesday December 22, 2020
- Gadgets 360 Staff With Inputs From Reuters
Bengaluru-based VerSe Innovation that owns Josh, a short video-sharing app like TikTok, has got $100 million (roughly Rs. 700 crores) in funding led by Google and Microsoft. The popularity of the app spiked after TikTok was banned in India and has crossed 50 million downloads on the Google Play store.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Desi TikTok Variant Gets Google, Microsoft Backing In $100 Million Funding
- Tuesday December 22, 2020
- India News | Reuters
The parent of a TikTok copycat from India has raised more than $100 million from investors including Alphabet Inc's Google and Microsoft, months after the Chinese-owned short-video app was banned in the country.
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www.ndtv.com
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Government Bans 43 More 'Chinese' Apps Including AliExpress, CamCard, Taobao Live
- Tuesday November 24, 2020
- Jagmeet Singh
The government on Tuesday banned as many as 43 new mobile apps that have a linkage with China. These apps include AliExpress, CamCard, and Taobao Live, among others.
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www.gadgets360.com
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TikTok Pakistan Ban Lifted After Company Vows to Moderate Content
- Monday October 19, 2020
- Reuters
Pakistan has decided to lift a ban on popular social media app TikTok after the company vowed to block all accounts involved in spreading "obscenity and immorality", the country's telecom authority said on Monday.
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www.gadgets360.com
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TikTok Banned in Pakistan Over "Immoral and Indecent" Content
- Saturday October 10, 2020
- Reuters
Pakistan's telecom regulator blocked TikTok on Friday for failing to filter out "immoral and indecent" content, another blow to the social media app that has come under increasing scrutiny as its popularity has surged across the globe.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Pakistan Bans TikTok Over "Immoral" Content
- Friday October 9, 2020
- World News | Reuters
Pakistan on Friday blocked social media app TikTok for failing to filter out "immoral and indecent" content, the country's telecommunication authority said in a statement.
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www.ndtv.com
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PUBG Ban: Government Bans 118 Chinese Apps and Games Including PUBG Mobile, Apus Launcher, Rules of Survival
- Thursday September 3, 2020
- Jagmeet Singh
PUBG Mobile, Apus Launcher, Rules of Survival, and 115 other Chinese apps and games have been banned in India. The new app ban comes just a little over a month after the government imposed a ban on 47 Chinese apps that followed the blocking of TikTok and 58 other apps in the country.
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www.gadgets360.com