China’s ByteDance to store data locally in India after rising privacy concerns


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 23 Jul 2019

'TikTok', the short-video sharing platform, is estimated to have almost 300 million downloads in India.

China’s ByteDance said it plans to open a data centre in India after its widely acclaimed short-video app TikTok sparked concerns over user privacy and content regulation.

TikTok, the short-video sharing platform estimated to have almost 300 million downloads in India, has come under the spotlight since the country’s Ministry of Information and Technology demanded its Chinese parent company to explain how it collects user data and whether it has become a hub for anti-national or unlawful activities.

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