The Indian government on Monday levied a ban on 59 Chinese apps including social media and networking platforms like TikTok, WeChat, and Helo. The centre shared in a press release that the step was taken in light of the escalating tension between India and China and considering the threat posed by these apps to the country’s “sovereignty and security.”
The ban was enforced under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 after the Ministry of Information and Technology claimed that it “received many complaints from various sources including several reports about the misuse of some mobile apps… for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorised manner to servers which have locations outside India.”
Apart from some popular social media apps and shopping platforms like Shein and Club Factory, here’s a list of all the Chinese apps that have been banned in India:
And while 58 other apps have also been banned, it is the TikTok ban that has become a matter of contention and conversation on social media. While it might have come as rather distressing news to the millions of TikTok users in India and those popular on the app and making money out of it, the step has definitely provided meme fodder to desi Twitterati.
Since the announcement of the ban, #RIPTikTok has been trending on Twitter as memers share hilarious memes and proclaim that the Endgame for TikTok users has officially begun. Meanwhile, some of the TikTok enthusiasts have also joined the meme fest as they drown their sorrow in humour and, of course, hoards of memes.
Rest assured, the memes are absolutely trippy and you need to check them out to see what we are talking about. Here you go!
The Endgame Begins?
Art. Artist#RIPtiktok pic.twitter.com/YPBFVapwtb
— Nitesh Bainagari (@NBainagari) June 29, 2020
Memers Who Were Awaiting The Purge
#RIPTiktok #TikTok banned in India
Memers right now : pic.twitter.com/6hHAHzcNq5
— Haunted Memer 👻 (@HauntedMemer) June 30, 2020
Le TikTokers
Carry Minati Roast, Rating downgraded,Accounts suspended,government ban.#RIPTiktok
:- All tiktokers :- pic.twitter.com/UVpqgYddWb
— Memeslover (@Memelover_17) June 30, 2020
We Feel Ya Fam!
Titokers now
#RIPTiktok pic.twitter.com/j6yfm6O50O— Syed Saqlain Sayeed (@Syed____Saqlain) June 30, 2020
Oh The Sadness
Me right now: pic.twitter.com/TpFxdKQaWg
— ritika (@ritssinhaa) June 29, 2020
Oops!
Me talking to the homies about how tiktok got banned!#RIPTiktok #tiktokbanindia pic.twitter.com/i28EhNautp
— Maithili (@wordsandcurls) June 30, 2020
Shots Fired!
#carryminati#TikTok Maza * 100😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/krZ1lEFFSr
— 🗡🗡Warrior 🗡🗡 (@saurabh_abhitej) June 29, 2020
The Hurt!
Tiktokers right now… pic.twitter.com/MImKrFWZ4y
— Aadrsh Gupta (@spidyadarsh) June 30, 2020
Meanwhile, PUBG Players
PUBG Player's Checking the list of banned Application#PUBG #RIPTIKTOK pic.twitter.com/c0enUZVirE
— Jatin Singh (@_ig_rega) June 29, 2020
Oh, The Relief!
Pubg is not in the list of 59 banned apps
Pubg players be like – #RIPTiktok #PUBGMOBILE pic.twitter.com/PHsv6KFHB6— Kamlesh Rajput (@Kamlesh92713894) June 30, 2020
Alvida Alvida Ab Kehna Aur Kya…!
#RIPTiktok pic.twitter.com/b7iC1LGVXY
— Tanjim #Tj 🇮🇳 (@tanjim_villain) June 30, 2020
Hilarious as these memes are, it remains important to raise a question here: if this is actually regarding the alleged data theft and compromised national security, shouldn’t they have taken this step much much earlier?
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