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Sunday, July 31, 2022
BGMI banned in India: Read Google and Krafton's statement on the ban
BGMI banned in India: Read Google and Krafton's statement on the ban
Concerns over data transfer overseas, Chinese ownership behind BGMI ban
The official said that concerns were raised over the possibility of Krafton sharing Indian users’ personal data with foreign nations, especially China, and its ownership patterns, as an entity controlled by China’s Tencent is among the largest shareholders in Krafton.
Updated: July 31, 2022 5:51:53 am
In addition to BGMI, and its predecessor PUBG India, hundreds of apps believed to be of Chinese origin and suspected of misusing data have been earlier banned by MeitY.
Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI), the rebranded version of PUBG Mobile from Korean game developer and distributor Krafton, was ordered to be delisted from both Google and Apple app stores by the Centre over concerns that the app was sharing data with servers in China, as per a senior government official.
The government of India has banned the BGMI under section 69A of the Indian IT law, blocking public access to content in the interest of national security, among other reasons.
The Indian government has banned Krafton's Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI). Alphabet Inc's Google and Apple have taken down the Krafton game on July 28, 2022, citing orders from the Indian government. This development comes a year after the country banned popular game PUBG.
Under a similar provision of IT laws, the government of India banned more than 100 Chinese apps since 2020, including the Chinese publisher Tencent Games' PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG).
BGMI is the Indian version of Tencent's PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) that recently crossed more than 100 million registered users in India. The Krafton game was relaunched in India as BGMI, a year ago to the heavy demands of the gamers.
BGMI is among the biggest Chinese apps that were relaunched and rebranded after the Government of India banned PUBG mobile on September 02, 2020.
Till now, the Government of India has banned more than 270 apps, suspecting the stealing of Indian users' data and sharing it with Chinese entities.
Many of these apps came back to India with rebranded and new identities while their competitor apps tried to sweep in and filled the void left by others.
Just like the PUBG and BGMI, New State for Indian gamers, Garena had also launched the Garena Free Fire Max after the ban of Garena Free Fire.
