uspecting malicious cyberattacks and data
breach possibilities, Google is removing apps from a Chinese Android app
developer - DO Global - which holds roughly 100 apps in the Play Store with
over 600 million installs and is partly owned by Internet major Baidu. 46 apps
from DO Global have already been removed from the Play Store and the company
intends to ban DO Global overall with more app removals that would follow,
BuzzFeed News reported on Friday.
"We
actively investigate malicious behaviour, and when we find violations, we take
action, including the removal of a developer's ability to monetise their app
with AdMob or publish on Play," the report quoted a Google spokesperson as
saying on Friday.
The search
engine giant is further extending the ban to the Internet giant's ad products
appearing on Android as well.
"DO
Global apps no longer offer ad inventory for purchase via Google's AdMob
network," the report said.
BuzzFeed has earlier reported that six apps from DO Global were
committing ad fraud and concealing their ownership deals.
The Chinese
company claims to have more than 250 million monthly active users for its apps
and the reach of nearly 800 million users through its ad platform on Android.
"Their
removal from the Play Store marks one of the biggest bans, if not the biggest,
Google has ever instituted against an app developer," the report noted.
DO Global
was a subsidiary of Baidu until it was spun out earlier in 2018. Baidu retains
a 34 per cent stake in the company.
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