Top 52 apps red-flagged by Intel agencies
1.360 Security
2.APUS Browser
3.Baidu Map
4. Baidu Translate
5. BeautyPlus
6. Bigo Live
7. CacheClear
8. DU apps studio
9.Clash of Kings
10.Clean Master – Cheetah
11.ClubFactory
12.CM Browser
13.DU Battery Saver
14. DU Browser
15. DU Cleaner
16.DU Privacy
17.DU recorder
18. ES File Explorer
19.Helo
20. Kwai
21. LIKE
22. Mail Master
23.Mi Community
24. Mi Store
25.Mi Video call-Xiaomi
26. NewsDog
27.Parallel Space
28. Perfect Corp
29. Photo Wonder
30.QQ International
31. QQ Launcher
32.QQ Mail
33.QQ Music
34. QQ NewsFeed
35. QQ Player
36. QQ Security Centre
37. ROMWE
38.SelfieCity
39.SHAREit
40.SHEIN
41.TikTok
42. UC Browser
43. UC News
44. Vault-Hide
45. Vigo Video
46.Virus Cleaner (Hi Security Lab)
47. VivaVideo- QU Video Inc
48.WeChat
49.Weibo
50.WeSync
51. Wonder Camera
52.Xender
53.YouCam Makeup.
As of now, all 52 of these apps are live on Google’s Play Store and Apple’s iOS App Store.
A wide range of Chinese apps have grown in popularity in India over the past year.
Social content platforms: Helo and SHAREit
Entertainment and engagement apps:
TikTok, LIKE, and KwaiWeb browser: UCBrowser/UCBrowser Mini
Video and live streaming ones: LiveMe, Bigo Live, and Vigo Video
Utility apps: BeautyPlus, Xender and Cam Scanner
Gaming apps: PUBG, Clash of Kings, Mobile Legends
E-commerce apps: ClubFactory, SHEIN, and ROMWE.
The fast-growing popularity of Chinese apps in India has alarmed the Indian government. In February 2019, some Indian politicians claimed that TikTok should be banned or more tightly regulated, after concerns emerged about sexually explicit content and cyberbullying. The authorities have come up with a draft regulation for the popular social apps like TikTok, Helo and Vigo Video, in order to moderate the content on these platforms.
In November 2017, the Indian Defense Ministry picked out 42 Chinese mobile apps as dangerous, including Weibo, WeChat, SHAREit, TrueCaller, UC Browser and Mi Store, seeing them as a threat to national security.
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