Google bans over 20 lakh apps from Play Store: Know reason why

Google Play Store has banned 333,000 apps for allegedly violating Google’s policy. The company has also prevented 2.28 million apps from being published on its Play Store in 2023. As per the latest data by Google, the actions were taken for violations such as confirmed malware and repeated severe policy breaches created by criminals and fraud rings.

Google disclosed that nearly 200,000 app submissions faced rejection or remediation by the tech giant to ensure proper handling of sensitive permissions like background location or SMS access.