DeepSeek was developed by the Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer, and the plurality of usage (21%) in January 2025 came from China, where ChatGPT is banned. Other top countries for DeepSeek include the U.S. (9% of traffic) and India (8%). DeepSeek has been banned or restricted in some...
Most popular in China, WeChat is considered to be one of the most used andbest live video chat apps. It has over a billion regular users, partially because most live chatting apps are banned in China. In China, it is known as the app for everything since it probably has more features...
However, as you might have heard, adapting to the Chinese way of life might require some effort, especially since major non-Chinese social networking sites are banned in China, and there is a potential language barrier. Plus, mobile payment has taken China by storm! While most countries are...
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Monday stated that 59 apps including TikTok, WeChat and Weibo have been banned in India. China was concerned about India's decision to ban Chinese apps and is ...
Bytedance also operates the now-banned Helo social networking app, which was created for the Indian market and has over 50 million users. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said China was very concerned about the Indian move and seeking more information. The Indian government has the...
The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre under the Ministry of Home Affairs has reported multiple instances of violated user data from the newly banned apps. There’s also the case of the deteriorating India-China relations following border skirmishes near the Tibet region back in May. ...
China banned VPN services from the App Store in 2017. Huh, so X is now Twitter huh? No proofreader or editor on articles? Bigger Q should be the 'what is the path to allow an additional app?' which probably becomes 'give us backdoor data access' which...
Beijing appeared to have doubled down on its crackdown of the internet inChina, with news emerging that over the weekend,Applepulled several virtual private network (VPN) services from the local version of the App Store. Multiple VPN service providers, affected by the decision, slammed the move...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Monday banned 59, mostly Chinese, mobile apps including Bytedance's TikTok and Tencent's WeChat in its strongest move yet targeting China in the online space since a border crisis erupted between the two countries this month. India's technology ministr...
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule on the constitutionality of theProtecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, or PAFACA, that would lead to the TikTok app being banned in the U.S. if its Beijing-based owner, ByteDance, doesn't divest it by Jan. 19. ...