PUBG Mobile has been banned in India by the government in a cull involving over 100 other mobile applications.
The Indian government has found a number of apps to be “prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, Defence of India, Security of State and Public Order,” including one of the most popular esports in India, PUBG Mobile.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology stated that they had “received many complaints from various sources, including several reports of misuse of some mobile apps.” Allegedly, the apps were “stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an “unauthorised manner to servers which have locations outside India.