Like US and China, India must ensure that foreign tech companies here are locally owned

For a moment in time, there was complete harmony in the social media world. US President Donald Trump demanded that TikTok be sold to a US company, and China’s propaganda outlet Global Times tweeted: ‘The US restructuring of TikTok’s stake and actual control should be used as a model and promoted globally.’

China and the US agreed that having foreign companies control commonly used apps not only poses a threat to national security, but also distorts a country’s culture and values. Global Times went on to say, ‘Overseas operation of companies such as Google, Facebook shall all undergo such restructure and be under actual control of local companies for security concern.’