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TikTok and Helo Apps suffering danger in India

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TikTok and Helo Apps suffering danger in India

Before we speak on the fact “scrutiny of Chinese firms (Tik Tok and Helo apps) from government” first let us know what exactly they are?

TikTok app was launched in 2017 by ByteDance, which is a Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012, a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms.

The notices had been issued to popular Chinese social media apps TikTok and Helo by the government along with a list of 24 questions.

The action from the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) follows a grievance after the ministry’s strong complaints received from some agencies and a letter written to the prime minister by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM).

The Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) co-convener Ashwani Mahajan in the letter had requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday last on July 14 to ban TikTok and Helo, claiming that TikTok and Helo social media applications had become a hub for “anti-national” content as they were exposing India’s youth to being influenced by “financial gains”.

When government contacted, TikTok and Helo firms, then in a joint statement it was replied by Chinese firms that India is one of their strongest markets and they will fully collaborate with the government to meet their obligations.

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