TikTok ban: Why did India ban TikTok five years ago?

In June 2020, TikTok was banned in India on national security grounds; the Ministry of Electronics and IT opposed the misuse of mobile apps for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorised manner

​In June 2020, TikTok was banned in India on national security grounds; the Ministry of Electronics and IT opposed the misuse of mobile apps for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorised manner