What Happened When India Pulled the Plug on TikTok
NEW DELHI — In India, a country of 1.4 billion, it took TikTok just a few years to build an audience of 200 million users. India was its biggest market. Then, on June 29, 2020, the Indian government banned TikTok, along with 58 other Chinese apps, after a simmering conflict between India and China flared into violence at their border.
Alex Travelli and Suhasini Raj, New York Times