Chinese ride-hailing app Didi has removed the enterprise version of its core service from mobile app stores, as well apps covering finance and delivery. Reuters
Chinese ride-hailing app Didi has removed the enterprise version of its core service from mobile app stores, as well apps covering finance and delivery. Reuters
Chinese ride-hailing app Didi has removed the enterprise version of its core service from mobile app stores, as well apps covering finance and delivery. Reuters
Chinese ride-hailing app Didi has removed the enterprise version of its core service from mobile app stores, as well apps covering finance and delivery. Reuters

Didi warns of negative impact after it is forced to remove 25 more apps


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Didi Chuxing said it faces a negative impact after it complied with a Chinese order to remove 25 more apps from mobile app stores for breaching the country's data security laws.

China’s cyber space regulator on Friday banned downloads of the apps, which it accused of “serious illegal collection and use of personal information”.

They included the enterprise version of Didi's core service, as well as apps covering finance and delivery.

Didi’s US-traded shares fell by 7.2 per cent in New York on Monday. That adds to a rout that began after the Cyber Space Administration of China stunned the industry and investors by launching a probe into the company only two days after it pulled off the second-largest US initial public offering by a Chinese company.

The company went public at $14 a share less than two weeks ago and reached $16.40 before the crackdown. It closed at $11.16 in New York on Monday.

Didi’s main app, which functions much in the same way as Uber's, was pulled from mobile app stores a week ago. The company said at the time that the move would have a negative effect on its business.

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Terror attacks in Paris, November 13, 2015

- At 9.16pm, three suicide attackers killed one person outside the Atade de France during a foootball match between France and Germany- At 9.25pm, three attackers opened fire on restaurants and cafes over 20 minutes, killing 39 people- Shortly after 9.40pm, three other attackers launched a three-hour raid on the Bataclan, in which 1,500 people had gathered to watch a rock concert. In total, 90 people were killed- Salah Abdeslam, the only survivor of the terrorists, did not directly participate in the attacks, thought to be due to a technical glitch in his suicide vest- He fled to Belgium and was involved in attacks on Brussels in March 2016. He is serving a life sentence in France

Updated: July 13, 2021, 7:17 AM