Amid security concerns, Australia to ban TikTok on government devices
Government fears that the application's security could be compromised and the platform could be used for foreign interference by China.
Government fears that the application's security could be compromised and the platform could be used for foreign interference by China.
The White House gave federal agencies 30 days to purge the Chinese-owned app TikTok from all government-issued devices.
The executives expressed uncertainty on the company's comeback to India but expressed hope to do so in times to come.
The short-video sharing platform last week signed a music licensing agreement with T-Series.
In an earlier order issued on August 7, Trump prohibited the China-based company from doing business with US firms after 45 days.
'The United States must take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to protect our national security,' Trump said in an executive order.
Trump's announcement comes days after India, in a diplomatic reaction to Chinese aggression along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, last week banned 47 more apps in addition to the 59 Chinese applications, including TikTok, Shareit, UC Browser and Xiaomi’s Mi Community over national security concerns on June 29.
The Government had on June 29 banned 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, Shareit, UC Browser and Xiaomi’s Mi Community over national security concerns in a diplomatic reaction to the Chinese aggression in Galwan valley on June 15.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has written to all the companies concerned and said that making the apps available, directly or indirectly, would violate IT Act and other laws.
TikTok has been trying to appease critics in the US and distance itself from its Chinese roots but finds itself caught in an increasingly sticky geopolitical web.
