Banning PUBG and 118 popular Chinese mobile applications

Why in news?

The Ministry of Information and Technology on September 2, 2020, banned PUBG and 118 other widely popular Chinese mobile applications. PUBG is an online multiplayer shooting game.

What is PUBG mobile all about?

PUBG(Player Unknown Battle Ground) basically is a game in which 100 players land on an island and who will survive is the winner.

PUBG has over 50 million users in India of which close to 35 million are active users.

Why apps are banned?

India has banned the PUBG Mobile because of recent India- Chinese stand off and PUBG has Chinese connection .

The Ministry of Information and Technology has taken decision because of the complaints of stealing and transmission of user’s data in an unauthorized manner to the servers who are possibly located outside India.

The compilation of these data, its profiling and mining by the elements who are hostile to National Security and Defence of India, is a matter of deep and immediate concern that requires strict measures.

What are the major apps which are banned?

Some of Banned App in India

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