Indian Army bans 89 apps for its personnel, including FB, Insta


New Delhi, Jul 9 (IANS): The Indian Army has asked all its personnel and soldiers to remove 89 apps by July 15 owing to the national security risks.

The list not only have Chinese apps that have already been banned by the government like TikTok but also carries US-based platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Zoom, Truecaller, Reddit and more.

The 89 apps have social media accounts, content sharing apps, short video making apps, e-commerce and dating sites like songs.pk, WeChat, Hike, Likee, Shareit, PUBG and Tinder, etc.

"The existing accounts are required to be deleted and not left deactivated. Any service persons found on Facebook/using banned sites post-July 15 will be reported," according to the sources in the Indian Army.


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The decision has apparently been taken in order to stop sensitive information from going out the country.

India has already banned 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, saying these apps opened the way for "elements hostile to national security and defence" to exploit them to "ultimately impinge upon the sovereignty and integrity of India".

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that Washington was looking at banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok.

In a Fox News interview on Monday, Pompeo said that "we're taking this very seriously".

  

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  • AM, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 09 2020

    We have Micromax and lava phones which are Indian made. Because of Indian Govt policies these brands vanished and Chinese brands occupied their market. Now I dont think there is any mobile phone brand which is Indian made

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  • suhail, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 09 2020

    The Greatest risk are in the phones then apps, India does not produce a single cell phone without importing chinese electronic components , Can Indian government manufacture any single phones without importing electronic components from neighboring country

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Jul 09 2020

    First start from BJP ...

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  • geoffrey, hat hill

    Thu, Jul 09 2020

    Now the army can't expose the substandard food and rations it's being provided with, to the outside world. .....
    https://m.timesofindia.com/india/Our-soldiers-being-fed-substandard-food-CAG/articleshow/6251327.cms

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  • shree, Byndoor

    Thu, Jul 09 2020

    Just talk does not serve the purpose.

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  • Jagdish, mumbai

    Thu, Jul 09 2020

    Am i right sir.

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  • Shankar, Mangaluru

    Thu, Jul 09 2020

    If you were my wife, hands down I would have said 'yes' even without knowing what you are talking about!!!

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  • Shankar, Mangaluru

    Thu, Jul 09 2020

    Geoffreyyji,
    Now that ND is ruling for the second time, every facilities to the men in uniform is closely monitored for quality, and there will be no more complaints regarding food, clothes or combat equipments.
    So the necessity for posting grievances on social media does not arise at all.

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