India knocks out Pubg along with 118 other Apps
With India recently blocking 59 apps from the play store for indian users, the Indian government strikes again by banning 118 Apps from the Playstore with PUBG being the most popular app. The apps were banned citing concerns of data security after fresh tensions between India and China in the border area in eastern Ladakh.
There are close to 33 million people who actively log into the game in India, according to reports. The game clocks some 13 million daily users. According to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the mobile game has been banned along with the other Apps under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, on grounds that "they are engaged in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order".
"This decision is a targeted move to ensure safety, security and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace," the statement said.
This move, it said, would safeguard the interests of crores of Indian mobile and internet users.
As per reports the ministry of electronics and information technology received several complaints from various sources, including reports about misuse of some mobile apps available on the Android and iOS platforms. Some of the allegations against the apps were that they stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers which possibly had locations outside India.
The home ministry's cybercrime centre had also recommended blocking these "malicious apps", the government said.
Earlier in June the center had blocked tiktok along with wechat and 59 more apps citing concers that these are ‘prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order’.
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