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China calls Tripadvisor and 104 other mobile apps 'illegal' before removing them from online stores

China on Tuesday said it has removed leading US travel platform Tripadvisor's app along with 104 ot…

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Apple removes 47,000 apps from its Chinese app store

According to a report in The Information, China may be closing the loopholes exploited by Apple …

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China just made it even harder for people in the country to access WhatsApp and Threads

The Chinese government made Apple remove two apps – just as US considers the same thing for TikTok.

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Chinese apps banned in India – What will happen to the apps on your phone, should you remove the app and other questions answered

The Indian government has banned 59 Chinese apps including popular video sharing platform TikTok. T…

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India bans PUBG, Ludo World, and 116 other Chinese mobile applications

India has banned 118 Chinese apps as border tension with China continue to flare up.

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Indian government has banned 220 Chinese apps so far – including PUBG Mobile, AliExpress, TikTok, ShareIt, and more

The Indian government has announced the third round of Chinese apps ban, with 43 new names on the l…

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Trump signed an executive order banning Alipay, WeChat Pay, and 6 other Chinese apps, calling them a threat to national security

The executive order described the apps as a threat to "the national security, foreign policy, and e…

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An app that allowed people in China to skirt the nation's internet ban to use Facebook and Google launched last week — then it disappeared

The Chinese government blocks the popular apps like Facebook and Twitter. Tuber, an app that lets p…

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TikTok rival Chingari founder says the app got 100,000 downloads per hour after India's ban on Chinese apps

Indian government today banned 59 Chinese apps including the very popular video sharing app TikTok.…

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India bans another 43 Chinese apps as border tensions along LAC continue to simmer

As tensions between India and China continue to simmer, the Ministry of Electronics and Information…

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Trump's TikTok ban could mean Americans have less freedom on the internet, just like in China, experts warn

Trump's plan to ban TikTok from US app stores could make the US internet more closely resemble Chin…

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TikTok made more money than any other app in July despite losing its largest overseas market

​TikTok continued to be the highest grossing app across the Google Play Store and Apple's App Store…

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India bans more than 100 Chinese apps, including Tencent's video game 'PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds,' as tensions escalate on the border

The Indian government has banned 118 Chinese mobile apps, including Alibaba's payment app Alipay, c…

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Despite ban, TikTok becomes highest grossing app globally in 2020

Netflix app was at the 10th spot with grossing $209 million worldwide. At 850 million, Ti…

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Sen. Rand Paul says the GOP would 'permanently lose elections for a generation' if TikTok is banned

Paul, a staunch libertarian, also argued that the US would be emulating China's authoritarian syste…

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The viral success of ByteDance's new app Lemon8 shows just how pointless a TikTok ban would be

While lawmakers go back and forth on the idea of banning TikTok, ByteDance's new app Lemon8 is alre…

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The Trump campaign is running several anti-TikTok ads on Facebook and Instagram accusing the Chinese app of 'spying on you'

The ads come as the Trump administration threatens to instate a country-wide ban on TikTok over its…

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A top open-internet advocate supports banning TikTok as a way to punish China over internet censorship

Wu wrote that the "privilege" of the US' open internet should only be available "to companies from …

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