What happened when India pulled the plug on TikTok

The decision by India to cut its population off from TikTok was as sudden as the US efforts, which began in 2020, are protracted. — AFP

NEW DELHI: In India, a country of 1.4 billion, it took TikTok just a few years to build an audience of 200 million users. India was its biggest market.

Then, on June 29, 2020, the Indian government banned TikTok, along with 58 other Chinese apps, after a simmering conflict between India and China flared into violence at their border.