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[ad_1] Google took action against over 3,500 loan apps in India in 2022 for violating Play Store policy requirements, the company said on Thursday.Google said that overall it prevented 1.43 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play banning 173,000 bad accounts preventing over USD 2 billion in fraudulent and abusive transactions in 2022. "In India, in 2022, we have reviewed and taken necessary enforcement action, including removal of apps, on more than 3,500 personal loan apps for violations of the Play policy requirements. We continue to uplevel our efforts in this area by regularly updating our policies and review processes," Google said. The company announced that it will adopt a more privacy-friendly approach to advertising in 2023.Google will roll out the fir...

[ad_1] 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 claimed that Pinduoduo is making Android apps which can monitor users.Ed Fernandez, a Google spokesperson, revealed, “Off-Play versions of this app that have been found to contain malware have been enforced on via Google Play Protect”. For the unaware, Off-Play apps...

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Google took action against over 3,500 loan apps in India for violating norms in 2022

SHOCKING! Google BANS these Chinese apps designed to spy on users; says delete now