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Snapchat is a social media network that has been banned and/or otherwise restricted in various countries. Potential reasons for such bans include national security, user privacy, social control, protecting culture, reducing displays of behavior considered to be immoral, economic protectionism, protecting mental health (especially among youth), technological sovereignty, and regulatory compliance.
A majority of apps and websites blocked are the result of the companies not willing to follow the Chinese government's internet regulations on data collection and privacy, user-safety, guidelines and the type of content being shared, posted or hosted. This is a list of the most notable such blocked websites in the country (except Autonomous area).
Koo, an India-based alternative to Twitter, announced it had complied with the law, [3] while Facebook announced its intent to comply. [4] On May 26, WhatsApp took the Indian government to court, stating that they believed the new laws were "unconstitutuional".
India last month banned the apps following a border clash between soldiers from the two countries, which left 20 Indian soldiers dead. India quizzing owners of banned Chinese apps over content and ...
WeChat was banned for a week in 2017. [80] JW Library app was banned on March 31, 2021; Smart Voting app (2021) [81] Line (software) Foreign messengers in government organizations: Discord, Microsoft Teams, Signal, Skype for Business, Snapchat, Telegram, Threema, Viber, WhatsApp and WeChat are examples. (2023, 2024) [82] [83] [84]
In June 2020, after a violent clash on the India-China border that left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead, the government in New Delhi suddenly banned TikTok and several other well-known Chinese apps.
India's overall Internet Freedom Status is "Partly Free", unchanged from 2009. India has a score of 39 on a scale from 0 (most free) to 100 (least free), which places India 20 out of the 47 countries worldwide that were included in the 2012 report. India ranked 14 out of 37 countries in the 2011 report.
When Snapchat launched a few years ago, it was immediately hailed by the press — including this publication — as a sexting app. To be sure, it's not entirely clear that people were primarily ...