We all are aware of how India blocked at least 59 apps from China last week? You would also be surprised to know how China has blocked several apps and websites that are popularly used by the world, except them! This is done owing to their strict privacy regulations. The popular apps and websites blocked in China are as follows,
The most popular social media platform, Facebook, by Mark Zuckerberg is clearly blocked in China due to privacy and data breach speculations! Can you live without Facebook?
In China, people do not use Google, the most popular search engine in the world. Instead, they use Baidu.
YouTube
YouTube is a Google-owned video streaming platform, currently disabled in China. It is rivalled by Youku.com, which is sub-segment of the famous Alibaba.com
You cannot send out tweets in China through Twitter!
Tencent owned WeChat is the equivalent for WhatsApp, in China. Anything owned by Mark Zuckerberg is now allowed in the country.
The popular photo-sharing application, Instagram is blocked in China and instead replaced by WeChat.
Gmail
The Google-owned email chain, Gmail is not used in China.
They have also blocked the following applications,
- Tinder
- Quora
- Google Maps
Source: GadgetsNow
