TikTok Responds To Chinese Apps Ban, Claims Strict Compliance To Indian Law
TikTok India said that it complies with all Indian law and maintains highest data privacy protection standards for all its Indian users. In a statement posted on TikTok Indias official Twitter account Nikhil Gandhi Head of TikTok India wrote: TikTok continues to comply with all data privacy and security requirements under Indian law. TikTok said that even if they were asked to share Indian users information they would not do so.
After Indian government order banning 59 Chinese apps, among which TikTok is one of the most popular one, the Indian head of TikTok briefly made a statement.
TikTok India said that it complies with all Indian law and maintains highest data privacy protection standards for all its Indian users.
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In a statement posted on TikTok India's official Twitter account, Nikhil Gandhi, Head of TikTok India, wrote:
"TikTok continues to comply with all data privacy and security requirements under Indian law, and has not shared any information of our users in India with any foreign government, including the Chinese Government."
Clarifying their position on the Chinese apps ban, TikTok India further said that even if they were asked to share Indian user's information in the future, they "would not do so."
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TikTok India also said that it's "in the process of complying" with the Indian government order blocking 59 Chinese apps, but at the same time also stating that TikTok India representatives have been "invited to meet with concerned government stakeholders for an opportunity to respond and submit clarifications."
TikTok Ban: A short history
Needless to say, TikTok getting banned among the 59 Chinese apps comes as no surprise, seeing TikTok's amazing popularity in India, especially Indians from all walks of life.
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Many attempts have been made to have TikTok banned in India for some time now, most notably in April 2019 when Madras High Court directed the Indian Government to ban TikTok for promoting pornography. But the TikTok ban was shortly reversed to avoid violation of freedom of speech in India.
In May 2020, a viral video by Sonam Wangchuk called for Indians to stop using TikTok and Boycott Chinese products -- which got a lot of traction in India. In an unrelated incident, online feud between YouTube and TikTok creators sent TikTok's app ratings plummeting on Google's Play Store.
Just as an IIT student's TikTok clone app 'Mitron' clocked over 50 lakh downloads, and after the violent clashes between India and China's armed forces at LAC in Ladakh's Galwan Valley, where 20 Indian soldiers lost their lives, calls for blocking and banning all things Chinese intensified even further.
Shortly after, Union minister Ramdas Athawale called for a ban on TikTok to impact China economically, saying 15 crore Indians use the Chinese app due to which the neighbouring country makes crores in profit.
