インド、ＴｉｋＴｏｋなど５９の中国アプリを禁止　安全保障上の懸念から

【ニューデリーＡＦＰ＝時事】インドは29日、国家安全保障上の懸念と個人情報保護の観点から59の中国製モバイルアプリの使用を禁止すると発表した。非常に人気の高い動画共有アプリ「ティックトック」やメッセージアプリ「微信（ウィーチャット）」などが禁止されるという。インド軍は2週間前、ヒマラヤ国境地帯で中国軍と衝突し、多数の死者を出していた。（写真は資料写真）
　インド電子・情報技術省は、中国製アプリが「インドの主権と保全、防衛、国家安全、社会秩序を損なう活動」に関係していると述べ、インドのサイバー空間における安全と主権を守るために「政府が特定のアプリの使用禁止を決定した」と表明した。
　電子・情報技術省の発表によると、この決定以前に、ユーザー情報の窃盗やプライバシー侵害に関する複数の苦情が同省に寄せられていたという。
　アプリ使用禁止の規則がいつ施行されるのかは分かっていない。
　禁止されるアプリのほとんどが、インドで広く利用されている。例えば、中国のバイトダンス（字節跳動）が運営するティックトックやソーシャルメディアアプリ「ヘロー」、データ共有アプリ「シェアイット（茄子快伝）」、電子商取引大手アリババ（阿里巴巴）グループのモバイルブラウザ「ＵＣブラウザ」や「ＵＣニュース」のユーザー総数は５億人を超える。
　人口約１３億人のインドにおけるティックトック利用者は推定１億２０００万人に上り、ティックトックにとって最大の国際市場となっている。
　禁止対象となったその他のアプリには、中国版ツイッターの「ウェイボー（微博）」やゲームアプリの「クラッシュオブキングス」がある。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/07/01-13:10）

India on Monday banned 59 Chinese mobile apps, including the wildly popular TikTok and WeChat, over national security and privacy concerns just weeks after a deadly Himalayan border clash between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Relations between the world's two most populous nations have been strained following the deaths of 20 Indian troops in hand-to-hand fighting with their Chinese counterparts on the western end of the high-altitude, contested border in mid-June.
The apps are engaged in activities... prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order, the ministry of information technology said in a statement.
The government of India has decided to disallow the usage of certain apps... This decision is a targeted move to ensure safety and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace.
The statement said the move was taken after several complaints were received by the ministry alleging theft of users' data and violations of user privacy.
It was unclear when the ban would come into force.
The Indian soldiers were killed in a brawl along the disputed border in northern Ladakh region on June 15 in the deadliest faceoff for almost half a century between the two countries.
They had fought a war over the border in 1962.
New Delhi has accused China of intruding into its territory in the region, a charge Beijing has denied.
Thousands of soldiers remain on alert, although both sides said they were trying to resolve the standoff through dialogue.
The deaths triggered massive outrage and street protests in India. There have been calls for the banning of Chinese businesses, which export goods worth nearly $60 billion to India.
Chinese mobiles have an almost 65 percent share in the local smartphone market, while video-sharing apps like TikTok and Helo are popular among India's youths.
There are estimated to be about 120 million TikTok users in India, making the South Asian nation of 1.3 billion people the app's biggest international market.
Other apps on the banned list include microblogging app Weibo and strategy game Clash of Kings.
The June 15 violence took place around 4,500 metres (15,000 feet) above sea level in the Galwan river valley.
It was the first time troops have been killed on their frontier since 1975
There is an understanding between the nuclear-armed neighbours that their troops in the inhospitable region will not use firearms.