The websites of China-based short video-making aggregator TikTok, online shopping platform AliExpress, and women's clothing e-commerce platform Shein are back in India five years after they were banned in the country after strains in bilateral ties between the two South Asian neighbours in 2020.
The move assumes significance as it comes days after US President Donald Trump announced steep 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods for buying Russian oil, while China said it "will firmly stand with India", suggesting a major thaw in bilateral ties.
China's TikTok, AliExpress, Shein back in India in major pushback against US
In 2020, India had banned TikTok and 58 other Chinese-owned apps, citing data security concerns.
TikTok website is not allowing access further than the homepage, the TikTok mobile app is still completely inaccessible in India.
Also, no shopping is allowed through AliExpress, which is a subsidiary of online shopping major Alibaba.com owned by Chinese billionaire Jack Ma.
However, there has not been any confirmation from the government's side with regard to the websites of TikTok and AliExpress.
TikTok to lay off hundreds of UK content moderators
TikTok is planning to lay off hundreds of staff in the UK which moderate the content that appears on the social media platform.
According to TikTok, the plan would see work moved to its other offices in Europe as it invests in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to scale up its moderation.
"We are continuing a reorganisation that we started last year to strengthen our global operating model for Trust and Safety, which includes concentrating our operations in fewer locations globally," a TikTok spokesperson told the BBC.
But a spokesperson for the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said the decision was "putting corporate greed over the safety of workers and the public".
"TikTok workers have long been sounding the alarm over the real-world costs of cutting human moderation teams in favour of hastily developed, immature AI alternatives," CWU National Officer for Tech John Chadfield said.
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