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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 bans 118 mobile apps over alleged security issues in sweeping Chinese app banIndia 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 The Week, has likely emerged out of worsening relations between the governments of China and India.

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