India quizzing owners of banned Chinese apps over content and practices

The 59 banned apps were asked whether they acted at the behest of any foreign government to edit, promote or demote any content. — Reuters

NEW DELHI: Chinese companies such as TikTok-owner ByteDance have been asked by India to answer 77 questions about their apps that have been banned by New Delhi, including whether they censored content, worked on behalf of foreign governments or lobbied influencers.

India's Information Technology Ministry has given the companies three weeks to respond to the questionnaire, which has been seen by Reuters, and said unspecified follow-up action would be taken, two sources said.