Govt puts TikTok, Helo on notice after complaint from Swadeshi Jagran Manch

Social media platform TikTok has come under the lens of the government and may face ban if it does not comply with regulations.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has sent questions to TikTok and Helo app, both owned by ByteDance, on whether they are collecting excessive data and if they are stored in China. MeitY has asked them to respond by July 22. The government also threatened that if the responses are not appropriate then the companies would be banned in India.

The questions to both the companies follow a complaint by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) to the Prime Minister alleging that the platforms are being used for anti-national activities.