On 14 Feb 2022 Ministry of Home Affairs confirmed the ban on 54 Chinese apps including Free Fire. Below is the list of all the apps banned. Keep reading for all the details.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has Declared a Ban on 54 Chinese Mobile Apps in India
These apps have already been removed from Google Play Store and iOS stores. Garena Free Fire, a game similar to PUBG that has a huge craze among youth, is also on the list of banned apps under section 69A of the Information Technology Act, the developers whose apps got banned will have to quickly block the access of their apps whether or not they are available on the Play Store.
Earlier, the Indian government banned assorted apps from China which contained India’s number one video-making app Tik Tok and The famous game PUBG. Other popular banned apps included Shareit and Likee.
What are the 54 Chinese Mobile Apps Banned in India?
Here is the list of all the apps recently banned by the government:
- Garena Free Fire –Illuminate
- Rise of Kingdoms: Lost Crusade
- IS/APUS Security HD (Pad Version)
- Stick Fight: The Game Mobile
- Badlanders
- Astracraft
- Extraordinary Ones
- Isoland 2: Ashes of Time Lite
- Beauty Camera: Sweet Selfie HD
- Equalizer – Bass Booster & Volume EQ & Virtualizer
- Beauty Camera – Selfie Camera
- Equalizer & Bass Booster – Music Volume EQ
- Music Player- Music.Mp3 Player
- Equalizer Pro – Volume Booster & Bass Booster
- Music Plus – MP3 Player
- Music Player – Equalizer & MP3
- Video Player Media All Format
- Volume Booster – Loud Speaker & Sound Booster
- Music Player – Equalizer & MP3
- CamCard for SalesForce Ent
- Viva Video Editor – Snack Video Maker with Music
- Parallel Space Lite 32 Support
- Nice video baidu
- Viva Video Editor – Snack Video Maker with Music
- Onmyoji Chess
- Tencent Xriver
- AppLock
- Dual Space Lite – Multiple Accounts & Clone App
- DualSpace Lite – 32Bit Support
- Dual Space Pro – Multiple Accounts & App Cloner
- Dual Space – 32Bit Support
- Dual Space Pro – 32Bit Support
- Dual Space – 64Bit Support
- Conquer Online – MMORPG Game
- Conquer Online Il
- Notes- Color Notepad, Notebook
- 33 MP3 Cutter – Ringtone Maker & Audio Cutter
- Live Weather & Radar – Alerts
- Voice Recorder & Voice Changer
- Barcode Scanner – QR Code Scan
- Lica Cam – selfie camera app
- EVE Echoes
- UU Game Booster-network solution for high ping
- Twilight Pioneers
- cute: Match With The World
- Small World-Enjoy group chat and video chat
- cute Pro
- FancvU – Video Chat & Meetup
- Real: Go Live. Make Friends
- MoonChat: Enjoy Video Chats
- Real-Lite -videos to live!
- Wink: Connect Now
- FunChat Meet People Around You
- fancy pro – Instant Meetup through Video chat!
What is the Reason Behind Banning the Free Fire?
Do you know that Free Fire is owned by a Singapore-based company? Still, it got banned because of the following two reasons:
- Free Fire, as stated by the government, falls under the ‘security threat’ category. It poses a safety threat and privacy issues to users and can track several sensitive information of its players.
- The free fire was sued by Krafton, the former company of PUBG because Free Fire was copying the elements of the Game PUBG.
Yes! With several proofs, Kraftson accused and showed how Free Fire contains many facets copied from their game. It includes a choice of Armor, weapons, location, materials, objects, etc., as written in the lawsuit.
Is There any Substitute for Garena Free Fire for Its Players?
The players of this game need not be worried as the government has only banned the lite version of the game. The boosted Free Fire Max is still on the Google Play Store, which includes even better infographics and sound qualities.