New Delhi: A wave of memes has swept across X and Reddit after some users claimed they could access the TikTok website in India, even though the app remains unavailable on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. However, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has clarified that the TikTok website is blocked across all internet service providers in India. Social media platforms buzzed with humor, surprise, and nostalgia over the alleged development.
According to an update by NDTV Profit, the DoT confirmed that the TikTok website remains blocked on all ISPs in India.
TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, has not issued any official confirmation or response regarding changes to the platform’s availability in India.
Background: TikTok was banned in India in June 2020 as part of a crackdown on 59 mobile applications following the deadly clash with Chinese forces in Galwan, which claimed the lives of 20 Indian soldiers. Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad described the move as “India’s digital strike” against China.
