The Ghosts of India

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Thomas Germain, The Ghosts of India's TikTok: What Happens When a Social Media App Is Banned. BBC, Apr 27, 2024
https://www.bbc.com/future/artic ... ok-social-media-ban

the first three paragrta[hs:

"TikTok was one of India's most popular apps – until it was banned in 2020. It's a lesson for what might unfold if a US ban goes ahead.

"Four years ago, India was TikTok's biggest market. The app boasted a growing base of 200 million users, thriving subcultures and sometimes life-changing opportunities for creators and influencers. TikTok seemed unstoppable – until simmering tensions on the border between India and China erupted into deadly violence.

"After the border skirmish, the Indian government banned the app on 29 June 2020. Almost overnight, TikTok was gone. But the accounts and videos of Indian TikTok are still online, frozen in time when the app had just emerged as a cultural giant.