Govt bans 118 Chinese apps, including PUBG, over security concerns

The ministry said, it had received many complaints about the misuse of the mobile apps available on Android and iOS platforms for "stealing and surreptitiously" transmitting users' data

India has banned 118 more Chinese apps, including popular multiplayer game PUBG and search engine Baidu, citing them to be security threats. The government invoked its powers under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act and relevant provisions under IT Rules 2009 to block these apps, said the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in a statement on Wednesday.

MeitY said it had received complaints regarding the misuse of apps available on Android and iOS for “stealing and surreptitiously” transmitting users’ data to servers that were located outside India.

“Compilation of such data, and its mining and profiling by