“Ministry of electronics and IT has issued directions for blocking of 35 apps,” DoT<\/a> said in an order late Tuesday, which ET reviewed. “The details of all these 35 apps, along with their IP addresses and domain names are enclosed.”
DoT asked the operators to submit compliance reports immediately, failing which action would be taken.
A similar direction containing the details of 24 other apps to be blocked followed the first order, taking the total number of banned apps to 59, tallying with the government’s announcement order on Monday.
The 59 Chinese mobile apps were banned to counter the threat they posed to the country’s sovereignty and security, the government said Monday. The government also cited complaints about data on Indian users being transferred abroad without authorisation.
DoT is preparing a separate list of sites that could be barred in the future, according to people familiar with the developments.
“DoT is creating a larger list of sites that need to be barred and this includes those that are pornographic. DoT will look at overall security for both telcos and ISPs and that is why the larger list,” said one person, asking not to be identified.
Through the day, there was confusion over the ban on the 59 apps due to the absence of an order from DoT to telcos and ISPs. Some apps could be accessed while others including the popular TikTok were unavailable.
According to the rules, DoT must inform telcos and ISPs with telecom licences if any website or app is to be blocked. TikTok was not available on the Google<\/a> and Apple app stores since Tuesday morning.
By evening, even existing users of TikTok could not access the short-video app. According to people aware of the matter, parent company ByteDance had voluntarily taken down the app. The Beijing-based company did not respond to ET’s queries.
TikTok said in a tweet on Tuesday that it has been invited by government stakeholders for an opportunity to respond and submit clarifications and that it is in the process of complying with the government order.
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