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Topic: TikTok

Apple users catch TikTok spying on iPhones, recording password and sensitive mails

ThePrint Team -
A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

TikTok distanced itself from China in letter to Modi govt before India banned it: Report

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
In a 28 June letter, TikTok CEO wrote to India that the Chinese government has never requested user data, and the firm wouldn’t turn it over if asked.

Video-sharing app Chingari, the ‘accidental’ Indian start-up that’s replacing TikTok

Sandhya Ramesh -
Chingari has hit 10 million downloads on Google Play Store in no time. But despite its similarity to TikTok, users complain about it being a ‘buggy’ app.

China calls for reversal of India’s ban on apps, describes action as ‘discriminatory’

PTI -
Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesman Gao Feng also stated that China has not taken any restrictive measures against Indian products and services.

TikTok made rural India into DIY Eklavyas

Jyoti Yadav -
Chinese apps like TikTok adored every rejected ‘unequal’ Indian. The mainstream elite and privileged people can cry anti-national all they want.

Chingari app downloads leap from 1 lakh to 1 crore after TikTok ban in India

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
Chingari app co-founder Sumit Ghosh says company is using this 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' to scale up the product and seek funding.

Why can’t China retaliate to Modi’s virtual strike? There is no Indian TikTok to be punished

Dilip Mandal -
India is an IT superpower, but six of the ten most downloaded apps in the country are Chinese, rest four are of US origin.

Modi govt’s app ban threatens China’s rise as a global tech power

Colum Murphy -
The surprise app ban has hit Chinese internet companies just as they were beginning to make headway in the world’s fastest-growing mobile arena.

Indian govt bans 59 Chinese apps, here are local alternatives to choose from

Taran Deol -
While the move has received criticism from within the country, many have highlighted that this is an opportunity for Indian alternatives to shine.

‘We’re devastated, my wives cried’ — TikTok stars in Maharashtra village crushed by app ban

Jyoti Yadav -
TikTok, one of 59 Chinese apps banned by Modi govt, had emerged as one of India’s most popular social media portals, even finding appeal in small towns and villages.
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Opinion

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

Bloomberg Opinion -
The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

Nuapada byelection may change Odisha’s political landscape. It should not be ignored

BJP’s uniformity push is harmful. Ladakh shows federalism is the core of our democracy

Economy

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

Udit Bubna -
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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