Google Banned 600 Android Apps From Play Store
Google banned 600 Android apps from PlayStore for bombarding users with disruptive ads and violating its advertising guidelines.The company categorizes disruptive ads as "ads that are displayed to users in unexpected ways, including impairing or interfering with the usability of device functions," such as a full-screen ad served when attempting to make a phone call.
But google didn't specify this apps names. Many of the apps downloaded morethan 4.5 billion times.rimarily targeted English-speaking users and were mainly from developers based in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and India, according to Buzzfeed News.
This is not the first time adware apps have been removed from the Google Play Store. Back in 2018, Cheetah Mobile was accused of turning smartphones into stealthy click farms to engage in ad fraud, leading Google to ban a bunch of its apps from the Play Store.
