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Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP)

Court documents reveal Chinese journalist jailed for 15 years for...

The charge of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" is a catch-all that Chinese authorities use against people who...

1 May 2020 11:56 AM IST

The TikTok app, which was dropped like a hot potato, has gone offline and stopped working completely for users in India (Photo | Pixabay - Kon Karampelas)

Google, Apple quick to remove the 59 Chinese apps banned by India

Some app developers themselves also voluntarily took down apps from Play Store and App Store to adhere to local laws.

2 July 2020 5:57 PM IST

$Chinese social media users on Friday responded to foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijians warning on Twitter, which is blocked in China but accessible through virtual private network softwareoblivious to the irony of using a blocked American platform to call out the US proposed ban of WeChat. This photo taken on August 19, 2020 shows a book about Chinese President Xi Jinping, titled \Xi Jinping; The Governance of China\, next to the QR payment code for Wechat Pay, at a news stand in Beijing. (Photo | AFP)$ Technology

Chinese users will boycott Apple, says China responding to WeChat ban...

If WeChat is banned...no reason why Chinese shall keep iPhone and apple products, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao...

28 Aug 2020 6:18 PM IST

Trump sued by US WeChat users who say his order violates their constitutional rights

Trump sued by US WeChat users who say his order violates their...

US WeChat Users Alliance says many American Chinese people rely on the app for work, worship and staying in touch with...

23 Aug 2020 4:46 PM IST

China has long limited what foreign tech companies can do in the country. Now its getting a taste of its own medicineand its bitter. (Photo | AFP - Getty Images)

Are Trump's moves pushing the US and China into a tech face-off?

China's restrictions on foreign tech firms helped nurture homegrown tech giants. Now the US is putting its own limits on...

8 Aug 2020 7:40 PM IST

Its unclear whether the Presidents executive order bars Americans from using TikTok, and even if it does its not enforceable as users will continue using the app over a VPN. (Photo | AP)

Explainer: What does Trump's order mean for TikTok, WeChat in US?

Trump's order appears to formalise his threat to shut down TikTok unless Microsoft or some other American company buys...

7 Aug 2020 1:57 PM IST

The TikTok mobile application has been downloaded some 175 million times in the US and more than a billion times around the world, according to the order. (AFP)

Trump passes executive orders to ban Chinese apps TikTok, WeChat

'At this time, the order takes action to address one mobile application in particular, TikTok,' he said.

7 Aug 2020 8:40 AM IST

A California court ruling said it granted a motion for a nationwide injunction against the implementation of the government order on WeChat, with the judge citing concerns over free speech. (Photo | AFP)

Judge in the US halts Trump administration's ban on downloading WeChat

The order would have slowed WeChat down and made it unusable in the United States for video chats with family and...

21 Sept 2020 7:05 PM IST

An announcement by Chinas Ministry of Commerce that came after USs decision to ban WeChat and TikTok did not mention any specific foreign entities that could be targeted. But it said the new system would consider sanctions on entities whose activities harm Chinas national sovereignty, security, and development interests or violate internationally accepted economic and trade rules . (Photo | AFP)

China retaliates for US' TikTok, WeChat ban with new provision to...

Punitive measures may include fines against the foreign entity, banning it from conducting trade and investment in...

19 Sept 2020 4:50 PM IST

A group known as the WeChat Users Alliance and several people who say they rely on the app for work, worship and staying in touch with relatives in China sued to stop the ban in federal court in California. The suit says the ban violates its US users freedom of speech, free exercise of religion and other constitutional rights.

US says WeChat ban' might impair messaging but will not draw criminal...

Using the app to communicate won't be a banned transaction, although messaging on it could be directly or indirectly...

17 Sept 2020 9:32 PM IST

Later, WeChat complied with the Russian requirements.

Chinese police shut down 1,100 social media accounts

The police found that some social media accounts fabricated accusations against companies and individuals.

9 Dec 2018 11:21 AM IST

As per estimates, more than 3 billion people around the world use social media.

Navigating a world of mushrooming apps

It is not the first time that an app or platform has received flak for inadequate security and data breach.

3 Jun 2018 12:30 AM IST