Chinese apps Weibo Baidu banned in India – Burning Issues

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3 POSSIBILITIES All might be banned Some might be banned No app might be banned

These 47 banned app clones include Tiktok Lite, Helo Lite, SHAREit Lite, BIGO LIVE Lite, and VFY Lite.
“The Ministry of Information Technology, invoking it’s power under section 69A of the Information Technology Act read with the relevant provisions of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules 2009 and in view of the emergent nature of threats has decided to block 59 apps since in view of information available they are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order”.

WEIBO

Weibo, a Chinese microblogging website launched by Sina Corporation in 2009, had Narendra Modi as one of its users, when he had opened an account on the platform in 2015 ahead of a state visit to China. The app claims to have 500 Mn registered users.

BAIDU

Baidu has been testing waters in India (one of its significant products here is Facemoji keyboard), and the company wanted to increase its engagement in the country, something spoken about by its CEO Robin Li, who came visiting the IIT-Madras campus in January this year.

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