04-Feb-19, Financial Times
The Indian government is targeting the Chinese social media apps that have become hugely popular with draft regulations designed to force them to moderate content.
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Until now, Indian officials have primarily focused on regulating US technology giants such as Amazon and Facebook as they enter the Indian market, in an effort to help the country’s own start-ups.
But the meteoric popularity of Chinese apps has now ruffled feathers.In 2018, Chinese apps including short video apps TikTok, Like and Helo took over the Android app store in India, with five out of the top 10 apps being Chinese-owned, compared to two in 2017.