The stakes are high for Tencent to comply with the ban because at least 10 of the Internet giant’s apps have been blacklisted in India. — SCMP
Super app WeChat, the multipurpose messaging and social media platform run by Internet giant Tencent Holdings, has ceased operations in India, weeks after New Delhi banned it and 58 other Chinese apps amid rising geopolitical tensions between Asia’s two largest economies.
“Pursuant to Indian law we are unable to offer you WeChat at this time,” said a notice sent by WeChat on Saturday to an undetermined number of Indian users, who were unable to log into the app.
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