As Indian government bans the TikTok and 58 other apps in India saying these apps were engaging in activities that threatened “national security and defence of India, which ultimately impinges upon the sovereignty and integrity of India".
Whereas A TikTok India’s head Nikhil Gandhi said TikTok placed the highest priority on users’ privacy and has been “complying with data privacy and security requirements under Indian law and hasn’t shared any information of our users in India with any foreign government, including the Chinese government.”
While an Economic Times report has highlighted that ByteDance has signed a flexible office-space deal for 1,250 seats at WeWork Nesco in Mumbai.
ByteDance is the parental company of TikTok, this company also owned the helo app which is also popular in India.
This step by ByteDance maybe a signal that TikTok will be back again in India, with changing the policies which are against the guidelines of Indian Government.
This proves that the ByteDance moving their headquarters to other countries.
Besides this, ByteDance has also set up a different short video app Douyin for the Chinese audience, and has not made TikTok available in mainland China. ByteDance has decided to end TikTok’s services in Hong Kong as the Chinese government has brought the city under the ambit of its strict censorship laws.
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