Pakistan jolts all-weather ally China, warns its app TikTok, blocks Bigo Live
Pakistan has given a big jolt to the business ambition of Chinese tech firms in the country by issuing a “final warning” to video-sharing app TikTok over obscene and immoral content and blocking the Bigo Live streaming application.Such moves from Pakistan is unexpected for China, since it was Beijing which has invested billions of dollars in the country.The Pakistani establishment's unhappiness with theses Chinese social media applications is not overtly linked to security or geopolitical issues like India that banned 59 Chinese apps on security grounds.The United States is also seriously mulling a ban on TikTok, alleging that it's a front for data mining and all user data is shared with the Chinese government. TikTok is under scrutiny in Australia too for similar reasons.So even if there ...