54 Chinese apps banned in India including Garena Free Fire, AppLock! Check full list of banned apps here

The government has banned as many as 54 Chinese apps citing security threat to India. The list of banned Chinese apps includes the very popular Garena Free Fire and AppLock. As per a statement by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity), “MeitY received request for the blocking of 54 Chinese Apps from MHA under the emergency provision envisaged in Section 69(A) of the IT Act.” As per the report shared by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) these Chinese apps are either the cloned version or having similar functionalities, privacy issue and security threats as was the case in the previously blocked 267 apps by the government in the year 2020.

It can be known that the Indian government initially blocked 59 apps on 29 June 2020 followed by 47 related/cloning apps on 10 August 2020, thereafter 118 apps were blocked on September 1, 2020 and later 43 apps were blocked on November 19, 2020. 

As per the information these 54 apps allegedly obtain various critical permissions and collect sensitive user data. These collected real-time data are being misused and transmitted to servers located in hostile country. 

In addition there are other serious concerns as some of these apps can carry outEspionage and Surveillance activities via camera/mic, accessing fine location (GPS) and do malicious network activity similar to previously blocked apps. Therefore, MeitY has issued Interim directions for the blocking of 54 Chinese Apps in India.

54 Chinese apps blocked in India: Check full list below:

1. Garena Free Fire – Illuminate

2. Beauty Camera: Sweet Selfie HD

3. Beauty Camera – Selfie Camera

4. Equalizer — Bass Booster & Volume EQ &Virtualizer

5. Music Player- Music,Mp3 Player

6. Equalizer & Bass Booster – Music Volume EQ

7. Music Plus – MP3 Player

8. Equalizer Pro – Volume Booster & Bass Booster

9. Video Player Media All Format

10. Music Player – Equalizer & MP3

11. Volume Booster – Loud Speaker & Sound Booster

12. Music Player – MP3 Player

13. CamCard for SalesForce Ent

14. Isoland 2: Ashes of Time Lite

15. Rise of Kingdoms: Lost Crusade

16. APUS Security HD (Pad Version)

17. Parallel Space Lite 32 Support

18. Viva Video Editor – Snack Video Maker with Music

19. Nice video baidu

20. TencentXriver

21. Onmyoji Chess

22. Onmyoji Arena

23. AppLock

24. Dual Space Lite – Multiple Accounts & Clone App

25. Dual Space Pro – Multiple Accounts & App Cloner

26. DualSpace Lite – 32Bit Support

27. Dual Space – 32Bit Support

28. Dual Space – 64Bit Support

29. Dual Space Pro – 32Bit Support

20. Conquer Online – MMORPG Game

31. Conquer Online Ⅱ

32. Live Weather & Radar – Alerts

33. Notes- Color Notepad, Notebook

34. MP3 Cutter – Ringtone Maker & Audio Cutter

35. Voice Recorder & Voice Changer

36. Barcode Scanner – QR Code Scan

37. Lica Cam – selfie camera app

38. EVE Echoes

39. Astracraft

40. UU Game Booster-network solution for high ping

41. Extraordinary Ones

42. Badlanders

43. Stick Fight: The Game Mobile

44. Twilight Pioneers

45. CuteU: Match With The World

46. SmallWorld-Enjoy groupchat and video chat

47. CuteU Pro

48. FancyU – Video Chat & Meetup

49. RealU: Go Live, Make Friends

50. MoonChat: Enjoy Video Chats

51. RealU Lite -video to live!

52. Wink: Connect Now

53. FunChat Meet People Around You

5FancyU pro – Instant Meetup through Video chat!