India bans 118 mobile apps in sweeping Chinese app ban

By news@appleinsider.com (Amber Neely) India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has banned 118 apps — including “PUBG: Mobile” — claiming that they are “prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity” of India.India has banned over 100 apps over burgeoning security threats, including several popular games, search engines, messaging services, and mobile payment platforms.The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) invoked Section 69A of the IT act under the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules 2009 because of the “emergent nature of threats.” The ban, as pointed out by …

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