Farah Khan Ali, Malaika, Vijay Varma overjoyed as India bans Chinese apps like TikTok

After Indian government made its unprecedented move against China with nationwide ban on use of Chinese apps on smartphones, many celebratory reactions have been pouring in on social media. action taken by Home Ministry late on Monday follows outr amid ongoing India-China standoff at Line of Actual Control (LAC) at Galwan Valley in Ladakh. Many film celebrities have also reacted to news and expressed ir thoughts over it on social media.

Veteran Bollywood actor Sanjay Khan's daughter Farah Khan Ali took to Twitter and quipped 'Tik for Tok' as she wrote, "China changing maps, India banning apps!". Bollywood diva Malaika Arora also expressed her views on ban of Chinese apps, especially TikTok, through her Instagram stories

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While Mirzapur actor echoed Farah Khan Ali's thoughts, Gully Boy fame Vijay Varma, who had been an ardent Tiktok fan, took to Instagram and shared that people have been congratulating him since news has been declared. He joked that he had wished for TikTok ban 'too hard'. He wrote, "Thank you for all congratulatory msgs but I didn’t ban tik-tok. I just wished it too hard. 😂 w I hope we find better ways to express ourselves and our creativity😈 #tiktokban".

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re seems to be a distaste for popular video making app TikTok among people reacting to its ban. In India, app was briefly banned in April 2019 by Madras High Court for hosting 'porgraphic and sleazy' content. Recently millions of Indian users had also millions of Indians called for a ban on app after videos promoting violence against women went viral, with NCW chief Rekha Sharma seeking a total ban on it. 

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Within hours of being banned by Indian Government along with 58 or China-origin apps, TikTok India on Tuesday has issued a statement. Nikhil Gandhi, Head of TikTok India, has said that app is in process of complying with government's 'interim order'. 

"We have been invited to meet concerned government stakeholders for an opportunity to respond and submit clarifications. TikTok continues to comply with all data privacy and security requirements under Indian law and has t shared any information of our users in India with any foreign government, including Chinese government," statement reads. "Furr we are requested to in future we would t do so. We place highest importance on user privacy and integrity," it added.

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