India quizzing owners of banned Chinese apps over content and practices

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Chinese companies such as TikTok-owner ByteDance have been asked by India to answer 77 questions about their apps that have been banned by New Delhi, including whether they censored content, worked on behalf of foreign governments or lobbied influencers. India’s Information Technology Ministry has given the companies three weeks to respond […]

TikTok’s India rival Roposo booms with 500,000 users added every hour

In late June, when India banned 59 Chinese apps, including global sensation TikTok, the short-video platform stopped working for its 200 million local users. Within hours, an avalanche of new sign-ups pushed the servers of one of its Bangalore-based rivals, Roposo, to breaking point. Two weeks on, Roposo, which also offers short videos, says it’s […]

UK government tells telecom operators not to buy Huawei

London: Britain has ordered its telecom providers to stop purchasing 5G equipment from China’s Huawei giant from the start of next year, and to strip out all of its equipment by 2027. “From the end of this year, telecoms providers must not buy any 5G equipment from Huawei,” digital minister Oliver Dowden told parliament after […]