Center on Wednesday blocked 118 more mobile applications, including PUBG, in the interest of "sovereignty and integrity of India, Defense of India, security of the state and public order" invoking Section 69 of Information Technology Act.
PUBG MOBILE Nordic Map: Livik, PUBG MOBILE LITE, WeChat Work and WeChat reading are among the 118 banned mobile apps by Ministry of Information & Technology.
"Government blocks 118 mobile apps which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, Defence of India, Security of State and Public Order," the ministry said in a statement.
"The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India invoking it’s power under section 69A of the Information Technology Act read with the relevant provisions of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking of Access of Information by Public) Rules 2009 and in view of the emergent nature of threats has decided to block 118 mobile apps since in view of information available they are engaged in activities which is prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order," the Ministry said in an official release.
The Ministry said it has received many complaints from various sources including several reports about misuse of some mobile apps available on Android and iOS platforms for "stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers which have locations outside India".
"The compilation of these data, its mining and profiling by elements hostile to national security and defence of India, which ultimately impinges upon the sovereignty and integrity of India, is a matter of very deep and immediate concern which requires emergency measures. The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, Ministry of Home Affairs has also sent an exhaustive recommendation for blocking these malicious apps.. Likewise, there have been similar bipartisan concerns, flagged by various public representatives, both outside and inside the Parliament of India. There has been a strong chorus in the public space to take strict action against Apps that harm India’s sovereignty as well as the privacy of our citizens.
"On the basis of these and upon receiving of recent credible inputs that information posted, permissions sought, functionality embedded as well as data harvesting practices of above stated Apps raise serious concerns that these Apps collect and share data in surreptitious manner and compromise personal data and information of users that can have a severe threat to security of the State.
"In the interest of sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India and security of the State. And using the sovereign powers, the Government of India has decided to block the usage of certain Apps, used in both mobile and non-mobile Internet enabled devices. These apps are listed in the attached appendix," the ministry added.
This move will safeguard the interests of crores of Indian mobile and internet users. This decision is a targeted move to ensure safety, security and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace, the ministry said further.
The latest move from Indian government comes at a time when China allegedly made a transgression attempt near the southern bank of Pangong Tso, which was thwarted by the Indian Army.
In June this year, India banned 59 apps with Chinese links, including TikTok, UC Browser, Weibo, Baidu Map and Baidu Translate saying they were prejudicial to sovereignty, integrity and security of the country.
Here's the complete list of the 118 mobile apps that have been banned today:
| Alipay |
| AlipayHK |
| Amour- video chat & call all over the world. |
| AppLock |
| AppLock Lite |
| APUS Flashlight-Free & Bright |
| APUS Launcher Pro- Theme, Live Wallpapers, Smart |
| APUS Launcher -Theme, Call Show, Wallpaper, HideApps |
| APUS Message Center-Intelligent management |
| APUS Security -Antivirus, Phone security, Cleaner |
| APUS Turbo Cleaner 2020- Junk Cleaner, Anti-Virus |
| Art of Conquest: Dark Horizon |
| Baidu |
| Baidu Express Edition |
| Beauty Camera Plus - Sweet Camera & Face Selfie |
| Bike Racing : Moto Traffic Rider Bike Racing Games |
| Buy Cars-offer everything you need, special offers and low prices |
| CamCard - Business Card Reader |
| CamCard Business |
| CamCard for Salesforce |
| CamOCR |
| Carrom Friends : Carrom Board & Pool Game- |
| Chess Rush |
| Chief Almighty: First Thunder BC MARVEL Super War NetEase Games AFK Arena Creative Destruction NetEase Games Crusaders of Light NetEase Games Mafia City Yotta Games Onmyoji NetEase Games Ride Out Heroes NetEase Games Yimeng Jianghu-Chu Liuxiang has been fully upgraded Legend: Rising Empire NetEase Games Arena of Valor: 5v5 Arena Games Soul Hunters Rules of Survival |
| Cleaner - Phone Booster |
| Cut Cut – Cut Out & Photo Background Editor |
| Cyber Hunter |
| Cyber Hunter Lite |
| Dank Tanks |
| Dawn of Isles |
| Dual Space - Multiple Accounts & App Cloner |
| FaceU - Inspire your Beauty |
| Fighting Landlords - Free and happy Fighting Landlords |
| Gallery HD |
| Gallery Vault - Hide Pictures And Videos |
| Game of Sultans |
| GO SMS Pro - Messenger, Free Themes, Emoji |
| Government WeChat |
| HD Camera - Beauty Cam with Filters & Panorama |
| HD Camera Pro & Selfie Camera |
| HD Camera Selfie Beauty Camera |
| Here's the complete list of the 118 mobile apps that have been banned today: |
| Hi Meitu |
| Hide App-Hide Application Icon |
| HUYA LIVE – Game Live Stream |
| InNote |
| iPick |
| Kitty Live - Live Streaming & Video Live Chat |
| Knives Out-No rules, just fight! |
| Lamour Love All Over The World |
| Learn Chinese AI-Super Chinese |
| LifeAfter |
| Little Q Album |
| LivU Meet new people & Video chat with strangers |
| Ludo All Star- Play Online Ludo Game & Board Games |
| Ludo World-Ludo Superstar |
| Malay Social Dating App to Date & Meet Singles |
| Message Lock (SMS Lock)-Gallery Vault Developer Team |
| MICO Chat: New Friends Banaen aur Live Chat karen |
| Mobile Legends: Pocket |
| Mobile Taobao |
| Murderous Pursuits |
| Music - Mp3 Player |
| Music player - Audio Player |
| Music Player - Audio Player & 10 Bands Equalizer |
| Music Player - Bass Booster - Free Download |
| Music Player - MP3 Player & 10 Bands Equalizer |
| MV Master - Best Video Maker & Photo Video Editor |
| MV Master - Make Your Status Video & Community |
| Netease News |
| Parallel Space Lite - Dual App |
| Penguin E-sports Live assistant |
| Penguin FM |
| Photo Gallery & Album |
| Photo Gallery HD & Editor |
| Pitu |
| PUBG MOBILE LITE |
| PUBG MOBILE Nordic Map: Livik |
| Rangers Of Oblivion : Online Action MMO RPG Game |
| Rise of Kingdoms: Lost Crusade |
| Road of Kings- Endless Glory |
| ShareSave by Xiaomi: Latest gadgets, amazing deals |
| Sina News |
| Small Q brush |
| Smart AppLock (App Protect) |
| Super Clean - Master of Cleaner, Phone Booster |
| Super Mecha Champions |
| Tantan - Date For Real |
| Tencent Watchlist (Tencent Technology |
| Tencent Weiyun |
| U-Dictionary: Oxford Dictionary Free Now Translate |
| Ulike - Define your selfie in trendy style |
| Video Player - All Format HD Video Player |
| Video Player All Format for Android |
| VooV Meeting - Tencent Video Conferencing |
| VPN for TikTok |
| VPN for TikTok |
| Warpath |
| Web Browser - Fast, Privacy & Light Web Explorer |
| Web Browser - Secure Explorer |
| Web Browser & Fast Explorer |
| WeChat reading |
| WeChat Work |
| Youku |
| Z Camera - Photo Editor, Beauty Selfie, Collage |
| ZAKZAK LIVE: live-streaming & video chat app |
| ZAKZAK Pro - Live chat & video chat online |
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