266 mobile apps blocked by govt since June 2020: MHA to LS

As many as 266 mobile apps have been blocked by the government so far since June last year, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy also said the use of the banned apps by a large number of people in India enables compilation of huge data which might be collated, analysed, profiled and mined by elements that are hostile to the sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of the State as well as to the public order, apart from being detrimental to the interest of the general public.