When India banned TikTok one evening in June 2020, the move was swift and permanent. The country’s internet and mobile data providers blocked access to the app, and overnight its 200 million users found they could no longer log in.Though the ban hurt creators across the country who had found an audience and a living making short videos, there was no popular protest, said Nikhil Pahwa, founder of the Indian tech policy site MediaNama. People soon moved on to the alternatives that sprung up in Tik...