Government plans to ban 47 more Chinese Apps Including PUBG

47 Chinese apps banned over data, privacy violations; 200 more, including PUBG on radar

After ban on TikTok and 59 other Chinese apps last month, the government has created a new list of apps to examine them if they pose any risk to national security or individual's privacy.

The new list of 275 apps that might face the heat soon, including major apps like mobile gaming sensation PubG backed by Tencent, Zili by Xiaomi and Alibaba group's shopping portal AliExpress. Apps like Resso and ULike from Byte Dance. As per reports, the government will scrutinize around 275 apps for national security violations and users' privacy and if any security breach is found in any of the apps, it will most likely be banned by the government. Some of these apps have been red-flagged due to security reasons while others have been listed for violation of data sharing and privacy concerns, report said.

There are quite of a lot of PUBG users in India and as per Sensor Tower, PUBG has its largest user base in India with around 175 million downloads.PUBG has been developed by a South Korean video game company called Bluehole. However, Chinese multinational conglomerate Tencent holds a considerable amount of share in the popular game.

Amongst the apps that are on the government's radar are 14 MI apps by Xiaomi as well as lesser-known ones such Capcut and FaceU. Apps from other Chinese internet and tech majors like Meitu, LBE Tech, Perfect Corp, Sina Corp, Netease Games, Yoozoo Global are also present. On June 29, the Centre banned 59 apps with Chinese links, including TikTok, Shein, UC Browser, and BeautyPlus, saying they were prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity, and security of the country.