RSS wing calls for TikTok, Helo Ban

BENGALURU: The Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) – the economic wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) — has called for a ban on Chinese social media applications TikTok and Helo, to protect India’s national security and startup ecosystem.

“While we have extensive regulation on foreign funding in media, these applications under the garb of social media platforms circumvent our domestic rules that exist to protect national security,” SJM’s All India Co-convener Ashwani Mahajan wrote to PM Narendra Modi.

SJM claimed the Chinese Byte-Dance-owned applications were exposing India’s youth to vested interests at an early stage.