Time’s up: TikTok to shut operations in India after permanent ban

Owned by Chinese technology giant ByteDance, TikTok will be scaling back its India operations, following the government making the seven-month-long ban permanent.

“It is deeply regretful that after supporting our 2,000-plus employees in India for more than half a year, we have no choice but to scale back the size of our workforce. We look forward to receiving the opportunity to rela­unch TikTok and support the hundr­eds of millions of users, artists, storytellers, educators, and performers in India,” said a spokesperson for TikTok.

According to sources, the scaling back will occur in two batches over the next few weeks. People involved in the ongoing projects will be retained until their completion.