The
Indian Army has asked all its personnel and soldiers to remove 89 apps by July 15 owing to the national security risks.
The list not only have Chinese apps that have already been banned by the government like TikTok but also carries US-based platforms like
Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Zoom,
Truecaller, Reddit and more.
The 89 apps have
social media accounts, content sharing apps, short video making apps, e-commerce and dating sites like songs.pk, WeChat, Hike, Likee, Shareit, PUBG and Tinder, etc.
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The decision has apparently been taken in order to stop sensitive information from going out the country.
India has already banned 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, saying these apps opened the way for "elements hostile to national security and defence" to exploit them to "ultimately impinge upon the sovereignty and integrity of India".
US Secretary of
State Mike Pompeo has said that Washington was looking at banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok.
In a
Fox News interview on Monday, Pompeo said that "we're taking this very seriously".
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