Google. The American company surprised yesterday with an unprecedented decision made in connection with the Android operating system, but it could be one of several that will be taken in the next period by the company. More precisely, those from Google banned, excluded, for the first time from Google Play, an application developer with over 600 million downloads recorded for all titles, motivating their decision by the fact that he was involved in fraud with chiicks.
Google. DO Global is the Chinese company that the Americans excluded from Google Play, it being partially owned by those from Baidu, its applications generating fake clicks on advertisements to generate money. Moreover, those from Google claim that the applications created by this developer also abused the permissions provided by phone users in the Android operating system, so that their applications were completely excluded from Google Play.
Google. UNPRECEDENTED decision taken by the Company
Google. At least 6 applications in the store contain code intended to falsify the clicks given on the advertisements displayed in the applications, this code working in the background even when the application was completely closed by the user. The Chinese company had over 100 applications listed in Google Play under various other companies, Google removing 46 of them for now, but the cleaning process will most likely continue in the next period, to remove everything possible.
We take our responsibility to protect users and advertisers seriously, and invest in tools and resources to fight fraud and abuse globally. We actively investigate malicious behavior, and when we find violations, we take action, including the removal of a developer's ability to monetize their app with AdMob or publish on Play.
Google. Unlike other situations where various applications from Google Play were removed by the American company, now we are talking about a developer with extremely many downloads recorded in the application store. The measure is an unprecedented one for those at Google, but it makes it clear to others who have similar practices that they must stop them, otherwise they risk having their applications completely removed from the store by the American company.
Google. Unfortunately, for Android there are many applications designed to deceive the users, the American company, or to do who knows what else the hackers want, and Google "catch" quite hard on what is happening.
