Google Play Store Banned More than 22 Lakh Apps for Policy Violations

American technology company Google’s Play Store has banned about 22.8 lakh apps last year due to policy violations. Google said that it has also banned about 3,33,000 developer accounts due to malware and continuous policy violations. The company has also implemented a new policy to improve the user experience on its app marketplace.

In its security-focused blog, Google has also given information about the measures that have been taken to protect users from suspicious apps, malware and online scams. In addition to blocking approximately 2.28 million apps from publishing due to policy violations and banning approximately 3,33,000 developer accounts, the Play Store also rejected or rejected approximately two million app applications for not ensuring the proper use of sensitive permissions. Have improved them. Sensitive permissions include background location tracking and access to SMS or contacts.

Along with this, Play Store has also filed a legal case in the Federal Court against two app developers who are trying to upload fraudulent investment and crypto exchange apps. Google has started identifying risky apps on its Play Store. In this connection, Google has filed a legal case against two Chinese citizens. Both of them are suspected of using Play Store to advertise fraudulent crypto apps. Google’s competitor Apple has a policy of maintaining distance from crypto-related activities. In the case filed by Google, it has been alleged that these two Chinese citizens were luring people to join fraudulent crypto apps.

People who joined these apps were asked to pay deposits and later their access was blocked. Google alleges that these two Chinese citizens had given false identity and location and given wrong information about these apps to publish on Play Store. These fraud crypto apps are estimated to have more than one lakh downloads.