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A message has been going viral on social media for quite some time, claiming that the Indian government has banned some apps in the country. Along with the claim, a copy of an order in the name of National Informatics Center of the Government of India is also being shared. Regarding this, the government has clarified that all the news going on in India about the ban of many apps, including TicketLock, is false.
The Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check has rejected the viral message and said that NIC has not issued any such notification. In this viral message, it is being said that the government has ordered Google India and Apple India to remove some apps from its platform. Also read: Security agencies told these 52 Chinese App extremely dangerous, you are also using it, so please delete it immediately
The list of alleged messages that went viral in India included TikTok, CamScanner, LiveMe, Bigo Live, Vigo Video, Beauty Plus, Clash of Kings, Mobile Legends, Club Factory, Shein, Romwe, AppLock, Vmate, and Game of Sultan apps. . The message said that it endangers users' privacy and compromises "sovereignty of the country".
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The viral order states that the Central Government has ordered Google India and Apple India to remove the Chinese app from its platform. However, the government has categorically denied this. The government says that these apps are available for download.
It is worth noting that recently a news was revealed, which stated that 30 apps have been removed from the Google Play Store. Security apps from WhiteOps gave information about these apps. According to the report, these 30 apps start showing many ads and redirect users to them without clicking the link. Not only this, in many cases it is almost impossible for the users to delete such apps after downloading once.
According to the information, all these apps have been downloaded more than 2 crore times. The WhiteOps report states that most are apps that were in existence for about 17 days before being removed from the Play Store.
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