Shulou(Shulou.com)05/31 Report--

On Wednesday, the cyber legal and electronic security department of the Ministry of Information Technology (MeitY) issued a notice to the application operators of Tik Tok and Helo in response to concerns that they were being used for anti-printing and illegal activities. The Ministry has issued a list of questions and warned that the application platform may face an injunction and take action in accordance with relevant provisions of laws such as the Information Technology Act if it is not properly responded to.

The notice sent out a long questionnaire covering a range of questions, including unauthorized sharing of application data, the platform becoming an anti-activity center, and the "Helo" app spending heavily on 11000 unusual political ads on other social media platforms.

Concerned about the concerns expressed by the department, "the issues raised are of a serious nature and need to be explained in detail from the application platform". "A detailed list of questions is attached," the Foreign Ministry said in the letter. You are hereby required to submit your answers to the questions on or before July 22, 2019, otherwise the government may take necessary measures to prohibit these applications. "

Tik Tok and Siro have responded to the government's letter and issued a statement. Is one of our most powerful markets, and we are very happy to be part of a digital host in 15 languages. In accordance with our commitment, we will invest $1 billion over the next three years, with a strategic focus on developing technological infrastructure, building local partnerships and supporting projects, such as skills projects that we are proud of. Our continued success is impossible without the support of the local community. We have a responsibility. 'We take this community seriously and welcome the opportunity to cooperate fully with the government to meet and exceed our obligations,'a spokesman for Tik Tok and Silo said.

The problem list looks for a response from the application, regardless of whether Tik Tok and Helo have collected too much data or what data they are collecting. The government also questions the claim by app owners that the data is stored only in Singapore and Singapore. In the questionnaire, the department asked whether the data was also stored in, and how could they assure the government that users' data would not be transferred to any other foreign government or any third party or private entity in the future?

The government requires information on whether the data is shared with any third party, and if so, for what purpose?

The Ministry took strong action after receiving complaints from a number of organizations and a letter from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), a subsidiary of RSS. Aswani Mahajan, co-convenor of SJM, asked Narendra Modi on Sunday to end the ban on Tik Tok and Shiloh, claiming that the two social media apps had become the center of "anti -" content. They expose young people to "vested interests".

Mahajan once said: "in recent weeks, Tik Tok has become the center of anti-content, which is widely shared in apps, which can damage our social fabric. Helo was found to have paid 700m rupees for more than 11000 abnormal political advertisements on other social media platforms." He complained that some advertisements used distorted photos of senior political leaders. Interestingly, in the last vote of the people's Assembly, some leaders of the people's Party sent a letter to the Election Committee on the content of the application.

Mahajan also asked the Ministry of the Interior to ban all applications, including Tik Tok and Shiloh. "because some parts of the enterprise have negative intentions about sovereignty and integrity," he said.

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