In June 2020, the government of India — citing national security concerns — swiftly banned 59 Chinese-owned digital apps available online for download on mobile phones. Among the apps banned was TikTok, the popular social media platform owned by the Chinese entertainment and gaming conglomerate ByteDance.
The ban on TikTok ended access for over 200 million Indian users. India was TikTok’s largest national market in the world.
ALTERNATIVES TO TIKTOK.
The Chinese social media app established itself in India in 2017. Much like in the U.S., TikTok quickly became a social…