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Fact Check: Govt has not banned Chinese Apps, here’s the truth

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An image has been doing the rounds on social media claiming to be an official letter by the Government of India stating that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has directed Google and Apple to ban Chinese Apps from Play Store and App Store respectively.

These apps include TikTok, VMate, Vigo Video, LiveMe, Bigo Live, Beauty Plus, CamScanner, Club Factory, Shein, Romwe, and AppLock.

Link to the archived post.

These messages are being spread in the wake of strenuous relations between India and China.

FACT CHECK

We fact-checked the above claim and found it to be false.

We first went through the official website of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and found no such circular under their notifications section or on the home page.

Another red flag was the fact that towards the end of the letter, MeitY was misspelt as Moity.

Moreover, in a tweet, the Press Information Bureau clarified that the order is fake.

Hence, it is confirmed that this is fake news and the government has not issued any such letter.

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