TikTok has not been unbanned in India, TechCrunch confirmed Friday, regardless of temporary web site entry that sparked media studies of a potential comeback after greater than 5 years.
A TikTok spokesperson informed TechCrunch that the Chinese language-owned social media platform’s ban by the Indian authorities stays in place, and the short-video platform isn’t accessible within the nation.
“We’ve not restored entry to TikTok in India and proceed to adjust to the Authorities of India’s directive,” the spokesperson mentioned in a press release emailed to TechCrunch.
A senior official at India’s IT Ministry additionally confirmed to TechCrunch, on situation of anonymity, that the federal government has not “unblocked or executed something” to revoke the ban imposed beneath Part 69A of the IT Act.
Earlier on Friday, a number of native media retailers — together with main Indian dailies — recommended that TikTok was making a comeback in India after its web site was briefly accessible to some Indian customers. The studies cited posts on social media from customers who claimed the location loaded with no VPN — an uncommon improvement, provided that the Indian authorities has blocked entry to TikTok since late June 2020, when it banned the short-video platform together with dozens of different Chinese language-linked apps amid rising tensions between the 2 nations.
The temporary and sudden reappearance of TikTok in India seems to be the results of a network-level misconfiguration. An analogous incident occurred in September 2022, when some web service suppliers inadvertently unblocked TikTok and different restricted websites for sure customers whereas making use of a patch, a supply conversant in the matter informed TechCrunch on the time.
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