TikTok India: ByteDance has ‘not restored access’ to short video platform; why could users open the website then?
On Friday, Tiktok looked accessible in India after a five -year hiatus, and sent the Internet to madness, hoping to return to the short video platform. However, a company spokesman announced that there was no such plan.
“We did not restore access to Tiktok in India, and we did not continue to follow the Indian government directive,” Maretans spokesman said in a statement to Techcrunch. He said.
A similar case occurred with Ali Express, which suddenly started to appear for some users without VPN. The government banned Ali Express when he banned Tiktok.
So, what does the circle explain?
Did Tiktok return in India?
On Friday, several social media users claimed that they could access Tiktok India’s website, which was banned by the government by referring to security problems five years ago.
When Livemint was checked to confirm, only the home page of Tiktok India’s website looked accessible and was not any other page. VPN was not used.
In addition, Tiktok could not be used in both the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.
The government did not make an official statement as short discovery was made by internet users who were visible to the return of the application. When it was closed in 2020, Tiktok had more than 200 million users in India.
Central Tiktok rejects its re -entry
Although the center did not make an official comment, the sources quoted by the moment and the PTI, Tiktok said that a unobstructed order was not published for India and defined the reports of his return as “wrong and misleading”.
“The Indian government did not give any obstacle orders for Tiktok.
Then why could Tiktok be accessed in India?
According to a report by Techcrunch, Tiktok’s surprising and sudden reappearance in India seemed to be just a disruption, more specifically “mischief at the network level .. The publication, a similar incident in 2022 Tiktok’un some users by some internet providers by applying a patch was taken by the prevention, he said.
When Livemint was checked on Saturday, Tiktok refused to install India website. In this case, a VPN was not used.
Why did the government ban Tiktok?
In 2020, India banned 59 Chinese mobile applications, including social media platforms, such as Tiktok, Wechat and Helo, in terms of threat to the sovereignty and security of the country after the Galwan Valley conflicts.
On June 29, 2020, the majority of the prohibited applications were red flags by intelligence organizations that they have collected user data and possibly sent “external”.
The government said that the applications were “prejudiced against the sovereignty and integrity of India, the defense of India, the security of the state, and the public order”.
