By Megha Vishwanath Jun 3, 2020 5:27:44 PM IST (Updated)
Google has pulled the Mitron app, hailed as India's answer to TikTok, from its Play Store. The app, which allowed users to post short videos, rapidly gained traction before it got caught up in a series of controversies.
Google has pulled down the Mitron app, hailed as India's answer to TikTok, from its Play Store.
The app, which allowed users to post short videos, rapidly gained traction (clocking 5 million downloads in less than a month) by riding on the PM's vocal-for-local call as well as a prevailing anti-China sentiment in the country. (TikTok is a Chinese app).
But it soon got caught up in controversies.