NEW DELHI: India's IT ministry has asked Chinese video app TikTok, one of the world's most popular, to explain how it collects user data and creates awareness for safe use of its platform, according to government officials and a document seen by Reuters.
Swadeshi Jagaran Manch, the economic wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh group, had previously criticised the TikTok's content and said the app was"against Indian culture and morality". The RSS was the key founder of the BJP and has people it nurtured in top positions in the government, including Modi himself.Several Indian lawmakers, too, have raised concerns about TikTok in recent weeks. The app was briefly banned in India last April after a court directive said the app encouraged pornography and could expose children to sexual predators. The ban was revoked after an appeal by TikTok.
A spokesman for TikTok and Helo issued a statement saying that India was one of their strongest markets, in which the company plans to invest US$1 billion over the next three years.
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