China’s ByteDance has decided to lessen the size of its India group and is unsure when the business will make a comeback in India, it mentioned in an internal memo to staff on Wednesday.
India has decided to retain its ban on brief-type video sharing platform TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps just after reviewing responses from the corporations on difficulties such as compliance and privacy.
The apps have been banned amid increasing tensions involving India and China following a border clash involving the two nations final year.
“We initially hoped that this situation would be short-lived… we find that has not been the case,” ByteDance wrote in an internal memo to employees, observed by Reuters.
“We simply cannot responsibly stay fully staffed while our apps remain un-operational… we don’t know when we will make a comeback in India.”
In an earlier conversation, sources had told Gadgets 360 that following the ban, the government had asked for responses from all the corporations that have been banned about the information becoming collected, and how it was applied. It seems that the government was not happy with the response, and issued a notice final week, according to reports.
ByteDance issued the following statement to reporters:
“We are evaluating the notice and will respond to it as appropriate. TikTok was among the first companies to comply with the government of India directive issued on June 29, 2020. We continually strive to comply with local laws and regulations and do our best to address any concerns the government may have. Ensuring the privacy and security of all our users remains to be our topmost priority,” a TikTok spokesperson told Mint.
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