The Indian Army wants its personnel to refrain from social media apps for any kind of official or personal communication.

On Wednesday, citing security reasons, the Indian Army asked its personnel to delete their accounts from 89 social media apps by July 15 or face action. The range of apps that are restricted now for them include social media accounts, e-commerce and dating sites among other commonly used apps. 

Some of these apps are Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, songs.pk, WeChat, Hike, Likee, Shareit, True Caller, PUBG, Tinder, according to a news report.

This substantial move has come amid a two-front cyberwar with China and Pakistan as the Indian Army takes into account an "exponential increase" in the number of cases being targeted by their intelligence agencies. 

Amid the weeks of tensions between India and China following the worst border skirmish in more than five decades, New Delhi is being watchful on all fronts possible. The "all-weather" friends have been trying to trouble India at the LOC and LAC.

Even last year, the Indian Army stated in its advisory that the popular social media platform Facebook has turned out to be a crucial source of collecting intelligence, which is why officers holding critical posts in the army must consider deactivating their accounts.

Here we have listed out in detail the number of banned apps for the Indian Army personnel under 17 different categories. Take a look:

Messaging Platforms 

WeChat

QQ

Kik

ooVoo

Nimbuzz

Helo

Qzone

Share Chat

Viber

Line

IMO

Snow

To Tok

Hike

Video Hosting Platforms

TikTok

Likee

Samosa

Kwali

Content Sharing Platforms

Shareit

Xender

Zapya

Web Browsers

UC Browser

UC Browser Mini

Video and Live Streaming 

LiveMe

BigoLive

Zoom

Fast Films

Vmate

Uplive

Vigo Video

Utility Apps

Cam Scanner

Beauty Plus

True Caller

Gaming Apps

PUBG

NONO Live

Clash of Kings

All Tencent gaming apps

Mobile Legends

E-Commerce

Club Factory

AliExpress

Chinabrands

Gearbest

Banggood

MiniInTheBox

Tiny Deal

Dhhgate

LightinTheBox

DX

Eric Dress

Zaful

Tbdress

Modility

Rosegal

Shein

Romwe

Dating Apps

Tinder

TrulyMadly

Happn

Aisle

Coffee Meets Bagel

Woo

OkCupid

Hinge

Badoo

Azar

Bumble

Tantan

Elite Sinles

Tagged

Couch Surfing

Antivirus

360 Security

Nw

Social Media

Facebook

Baidu

Instagram

Ello

SnapChat

E-Reading Apps

Pratilipi

Health Apps

Heal of Y

Lifestyle Apps

POPXO

Knowledge Apps

Vokal

Music Apps

Hungama

Songs.pk

Blogging

Yelp

Tumblr

Reddit

FriendsFeed

Private Blogs

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