No Garena Free Fire? Users Fear Game Among 54 Chinese Apps Banned By Indian Govt
The banned apps, according to MeitY, were found to be sending sensitive user data of Indians to other nations like China.
The Union Government has revealed that it has gone ahead and banned 54 more Chinese apps from the Indian version of Google Play Store and Apple App Store and it looks like this time, popular battle royale Garena Free Fire- Illuminate is on the list.
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#ETNOWExclusive | Garena Free Fire banned! Here's the full list of the 54 banned #Chinese apps ?@NayantaraRai @AshwiniVaishnaw @Rajeev_GoI @GoI_MeitY @PMOIndia #FreeFire pic.twitter.com/7HzYISp52H
¡ª ET NOW (@ETNOWlive) February 14, 2022
This is according to a list shared on ETNow Twitter handle that lists all the 54 apps that were banned earlier today, with Garena Free Fire- Illuminate at the end.
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The banned apps, according to MeitY, were found to be sending sensitive user data of Indians to other nations like China.
Players of the game have been reporting the absence of the game from Google Play Store for almost a day now. However, what¡¯s surprising is that Garena¡¯s Free Fire: Max is still listed on the Google Play Store, at the time of writing this report.
Moreover, the official Twitter handle of Garena Free Fire shot out a tweet for store deals on account of Valentine¡¯s Day. The official Twitter handle hasn't released any official statements pertaining to the game¡¯s alleged ban as of now.
Is Garena Free Fire a Chinese app?
Garena Free Fire actually hails from Singapore, and not China. However, a previous report has highlighted that several apps from the banned list were found to initially be from Singapore or Hong Kong that were later sending Indian user data to Chinese servers. Perhaps, Garena was one of the many apps that was doing this.
Garena Free Fire Max
Gamers aren¡¯t happy
After PUBG Mobile was banned, several mobile gamers in India turned to Garena Free Fire. The app saw over 70 million active user base in India alone.
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This not just included casual players, but also professional players and game streamers who upload thousands of hours worth of content every day on Twitch, YouTube Gaming and other game streaming platforms.
Why is Free Fire being banned in India ?@rashtrapatibhvn @narendramodi @Garena
¡ª Satyam Sandeep YT (@SatyamSandeepYT) February 14, 2022
Please do? Not ban garena free fire@FreeFireTales @PMOIndia
¡ª Sudip PR?K?SH (@pr_sudip) February 13, 2022
Garena free fire gya??
¡ª Lalaindian (@Lalaindian1) February 14, 2022
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