Tiktok Removed From App Store, Google Play, After Government Bans 59 Apps

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Tiktok and 58 other apps were banned by the government on Monday, and overnight, Tiktok has been removed from Google and Apple’s app stores.

By Gopal Sathe | Updated: 30 June 2020 08:51 IST

HIGHLIGHTS

• Tiktok has been removed from Google, Apple app stores
• The app is still working if you have it downloaded - for now
• The government banned 59 ‘Chinese’ apps on Monday night

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TikTok has been removed from the App Store and Google Play in India. The app was banned on Monday night on an order by the Ministry of Information and Technology, which also banned 58 other popular apps from China, stating that they were a threat to India's security and society. Stating that these apps violated the privacy of users and stored their data outside India, the government gave notice to Apple and Google to remove all 59 apps, and asked ISPs and telecom companies to help enforce the ban as well. The first app on the list, TikTok, has already been removed from the stores and can't be downloaded, although the app is still working fine for the moment. This means that if you have TikTok installed on your phone, you can keep using it, for now, but if you remove it for any reason, you will not be able to get it back.