After the TikTok ban in India, the company's CEO Kevin Mayer wrote a message to his employees. Through this open letter posted on the company's newsroom, the employees were told that they are working with their stakeholders and trying to address the situation that has arisen. Let us tell you that on Monday last evening, it was decided to ban 59 apps including TikTok. Most of the apps in these apps were from Chinese companies. The Government of India had issued an order to ban these apps under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act.
After the ban of this short video making app with more than 200 million active users in India, the company also issued a statement, in which the company is asking to fulfill the guidelines of the privacy policy. The TikTok CEO told employees in his open letter that our employees are our greatest strength and that their betterment is the main objective of the company. TikTok has been the largest market for India. Last year, 45 percent of the increase in TikTok users was from India.
Apart from TikTok, many other Chinese apps have been banned, including Chinese apps such as social media platforms Helo, UC Browser, CamScanner. Also, Xiaomi's Mi Community App has also been banned by the Indian government. There were many controversies about TikTok earlier too, in which it was banned for a few days in India over the content. This time the government has banned all these 59 apps due to violation of privacy data policy.
After the ban of this short video making app with more than 200 million active users in India, the company also issued a statement, in which the company is asking to fulfill the guidelines of the privacy policy. The TikTok CEO told employees in his open letter that our employees are our greatest strength and that their betterment is the main objective of the company. TikTok has been the largest market for India. Last year, 45 percent of the increase in TikTok users was from India.
Apart from TikTok, many other Chinese apps have been banned, including Chinese apps such as social media platforms Helo, UC Browser, CamScanner. Also, Xiaomi's Mi Community App has also been banned by the Indian government. There were many controversies about TikTok earlier too, in which it was banned for a few days in India over the content. This time the government has banned all these 59 apps due to violation of privacy data policy.
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