With 200 million Indians users, TikTok was a burgeoning force in the nation's social media scene and the ban left its fans scrambling for options. — Reuters
NEW DELHI: Indian tech and entertainment firms are looking to capitalise on sudden opportunities arising from a government ban on Chinese owned apps, including the wildly popular TikTok, with one rival video app saying it had added 22 million users in 48 hours.
India this week outlawed 59 Chinese-owned apps including TikTok and Tencent's WeChat, in what was described as a "digital strike" against China by the country's technology minister.
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