New York bars sex offenders from Pokémon Go

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 25: Pokemon Go Craze Hits New York City on July 25, 2016 in New York City. Mike Coppola/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

NEW YORK: It’s the smartphone game electrifying the world but New York took steps to ban sex offenders from using the app to potentially prey on child victims. 

The game, developed by US-based software company Niantic, a spinoff of Google, has been downloaded more than 75 million times across the United States and has gone viral across the world.