chinese app ban

In a shock move, Google banned several apps developed by the Chinese ecommerce platform Pinduoduo on Tuesday, March 21. Google said that the ban was handed down after malicious behavior was detected. Later, these Chinese apps were flagged as malware and it was reported that they were tracking users who had installed them on their gadgets. Google also sent out a notification to all the users who had installed these apps asking them to delete them immediately. This comes after multiple Chinese security researchers have…

Mehul Reuben DasJan 02, 2023 19:52:31 ISTThe commission of the FCC or the Federal Communications Commission of the United States, Brendan Carr said that India India set an “incredibly important precedent” by banning TikTok two and a half years ago and that the US should follow a similar strategy, when dealing with the Chinese tech giant, Bytedance. Carr warned that TikTok is a very “sophisticated surveillance tool,” and told the Economic Times that banning the social app is a “natural next step” in the US’ efforts to…

Garena Free Fire, the battle royale game that was amongst the mobile apps and games that the government banned on Monday, is still available for download in India through Samsung's Galaxy Store. In addition to Free Fire, AppLock developed by DoMobile is available from the Samsung store, without any restrictions. The ban imposed by the IT ministry resulted in the removal of Free Fire, AppLock, and other 52 apps from Google Play and Apple's App Store in the country on an immediate basis.As initially spotted by 91Mobiles,…