Supports continues to greets TikTok ban following India’s first action in like-manner to shoot the social media platform. The Chinese app got a downwards rating yet again as the United States (US), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), agencies thumbs up world ban on the app.
In an interaction with Economic Times, FCC Commissioner, Brendan Carr said that India’s approach of dealing with the Chinese apps through a complete ban is one that other countries across the world should adopt.
“India’s early and thoughtful approach to insecure Chinese apps set a standard that the rest of the world should now follow and fast,” Carr said.
The FCC is an independent US government agency and the primary authority for communications law and regulation.
India banned Tiktok and 50-plus other Chinese apps in June 2020. This was followed by a ban on several other Chinese apps in the following months. In all, the country has banned over 100 Chinese apps.
TikTok is banned on government devices in almost all US states.
Now ByteDance’s another app has come under scanner in the US. It is the video editing app CapCut. Some users have filed a class-action lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois accusing it of illegally profiting from sensitive personal data. The lawsuit alleges that CapCut and its parent company ByteDance, which also owns TikTok, illegally harvest and profit from user data including biometric information and geolocation.
Incidentally, India finds a mention in the complaint as well. It said that users are further at risk because ByteDance’s conduct exposes CapCut users’ data to access by the Chinese government. “As a result of such concerns, CapCut has been banned in India along with other China-based video- editing apps,” the complaint claims.
