Google Bans Over 600 Apps & Their Developers Amidst Play Store Crackdown
Thursday, February 27, 2020 IST
Recently, Google removed over 600 Android apps from its listings amidst the Play Store crackdown. It also banned the developers of those Android apps.
Recently, Google plans to crack down on Android app developers who break app store rules by showing out-of-app advertisements. While doing so, they have banned over 600 Android apps from the Play Store for breaking the Google Play Store policy.
Out-of-app advertisements are the advertisements that originate from one app but appear on top of other apps or the device’s home screen. The users also do not have a clue about the origin of the apps.
The new advertisement rules enforcement came after Google removed over 600 Android apps from the play store and banned the respective developers of the apps. Google also banned the developers of those Android apps from their monetisation platforms like Google Admob and Google Ad Manager.
The second ban that has been imposed on the developers of the Android apps would prevent app makers from monetising their apps even through third-party sources. Google’s senior product manager, Per Bjorke said that they intervened after they came to know about the new techniques used by developers of Android apps to show out-of-app advertisements to users.
He also said that they have recently developed an innovative machine-learning based approach to identify instances when apps show out-of-context ads, leading to the enforcement that they in-turn announced.
According to reports, Cheetah Mobile is one of the names that was banned from the Play Store for ad fraud. Reports say that Cheetah Mobile is one of the biggest developers of Android apps in the world. Earliest reports against Cheetah Mobile were filed in 2018, for indulging in some forms of ad fraud.
Besides the enactment of the ban, Google also talked about its plans to crack down on advertisement rule infringers even further. They also detailed a three-step plan to ensure that the Android Ad ecosystem and the Play Store remain healthy. In the three-step procedure, the first step would be the continuous crackdown of Android Apps and developers from the Play Store.
Then, Google said that they plan to publish better tools which let the developers know that there are some limits in which they tend to annoy the Android users. In the final step, Google mentioned that they are planning to change how the Android OS works to cope with this new wave of out-of-app advertisements. However, Google did not elaborate on any of these changes.
Related Topics
Related News & Articles
The new language confirms that location data is, indeed, being tracked by some Google apps.
Recently posted . 624 views . 1 min read
A verification process is also often used to filter out low-quality advertisers, such as ones that have sought to sell fake medical masks during the coronavirus pan...
Recently posted . 679 views . 1 min read
HIGHLIGHTS
*Google may shut down its Google News service in the European Union
...
Recently posted . 793 views . 3 min read
Beijing: In a major advancement, China restricted many Muslim child names in Xinjiang.
China has restricted many Islamic names for children having a plac...
Recently posted . 743 views . 27 min read
Google+ is shutting down for consumers on April 12. Here’s step-by-step guide to download your content including photos and videos from the social networkin...
Recently posted . 763 views . 2 min read
Trending News & Articles
ALMATY: Hour upon hour, day upon day, Omir Bekali and other detainees in far western China's new indoctrination camps had to disavow the...
Recently posted . 207K views . 1 min read
If you have payed attention to the belly buttons of people on the beach or the members of your family, you have probably noticed that they have different shapes and...
Recently posted . 10K views . 2 min read
The Langya henipavirus has a place with a similar group of infections, including Nipah, which is known to kill up to 3/4 of people in extreme cases.
Recently posted . 5K views . 1 min read
Queen's death: The eldest of her four children, Charles, Prince of Wales, who at 73 was the oldest heir apparent in British history, became king immediately...
Recently posted . 5K views . 1 min read
More in Global
HONG KONG: A massive Chinese infrastructure programme that Beijing says is aimed at promoting global trade and economic growth is actually intended...
Recently posted. 691 views . 1 min read
Getting married is a life-changing experience in more ways than one. Even though it’s a happy feeling, the biggest and hardest thing a girl has to go throug...
Recently posted. 909 views . 4 min read
Two widely faked marks on base metals in the market are "14K Italy" and "585" (Fig. 1). These forged marks commonly appear on pieces with no gol...
Recently posted. 994 views . 1 min read
Recently posted . 1K views
Recently posted . 1K views
Recently posted . 2K views
Recently posted . 2K views
Recently posted . 1K views . 49 min read
Recently posted . 3K views . 67 min read
Bollywood’s generosity, unlike its Hollywood equivalent, has always been perceived as PR overdrive. Most stars suddenly realise that street urchins need to be...
Recently posted. 1K views . 3 min read
Since rangeomorphs could not move and are preserved where they lived, it is possible to analyse whole populations from the fossil record.
Recently posted. 877 views . 0 min read