The latest ban’s biggest impact will be felt on the tens of millions of fans of the mobile version of PlayerUnknown’s BattleGrounds, popularly known as PUBG. — AFP
India banned over a hundred Chinese apps, including versions of Tencent Holdings Ltd’s popular game PUBG Mobile and online payments giant Ant Group Co’s Alipay, as tensions escalated on the nations’ disputed border.
The government has received complaints about the apps stealing user data and surreptitiously transmitting it to servers abroad, the country’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said in a statement on Sept 2. It said the apps are "prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India” as well as “security and public order”.
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