India has asked TikTok to explain how it collects user data after a Hindu nationalist group close to Prime Minister Modi’s ruling BJP called for a ban on the popular Chinese video app. More here: by AdityaKalra
NEW DELHI - India’s IT ministry has asked Chinese video app TikTok, one of the world’s most popular, to explain how it collects user data and creates awareness for safe use of its platform, according to government officials and a document seen by Reuters.
The queries from India’s IT ministry come after a Hindu nationalist group close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party called for a ban on TikTok, alleging that its developer, Beijing Bytedance Technology Co, had a poor track record on privacy protection. The RSS was the key founder of the BJP and has people it nurtured in top positions in the government, including Modi himself.
Bytedance, one of the world’s most valuable start-ups, will also need to address some of those queries with relation to its Helo app, which allows users to share content in local languages.
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