Google takes down Indian app
Google takes down Indian app that removed Chinese ones NEW DELHI: Google has taken down an Indian mobile application from its app store that allowed users to remove other Chinese apps from their phones as it violated certain company policies, a spokesman said on Wednesday. The app, called Remove China Apps, had become the top trending free app on Google's mobile app store in India with more than 5 million downloads since late May. Its popularity rose amid calls for a boycott of Chinese mobile apps in India during a Himalayan border dispute between the two nations. A Google spokesman confirmed to Reuters the app had been removed due to violation of app store policies, but gave no further details. A person familiar with the matter said that the software violated Google's policies prohibiting apps that mislead users into removing or disabling third-party apps or modifying device settings or features. Remove China Apps scanned users' phones for apps such as ByteDance's TikT...