India bans 54 Chinese apps and popular battle royale game 'Free Fire'
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japanese apps ban: Center issues order to ban 54 Chinese apps --The Economic Times
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/union-government-issues-fresh-orders-to-ban-over-54-chinese-apps/articleshow/89551062.cms
Sea's Free Fire Removed from Apple App Store and Google Play Store in India --Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-15/sea-s-16-billion-wipeout-portends-trouble-beyond-india-shutout
India adds 54 more Chinese apps to ban list; Sea says it complies with laws | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/sea-owned-game-free-fire-unavailable-india-after-ban-chinese-apps-2022-02-15/
The Government of India has often banned the use of Chinese-made apps for reasons such as 'India's sovereignty and unity, India's defense, national security and violation of national order.'
118 types of Chinese smartphone apps such as PUBG Mobile have been banned in India --GIGAZINE
In February 2022, access to 54 new Chinese-made apps was blocked in India, and the total number of apps added to the 'ban list' since the tension with China increased in 2020 was 321. It is said that it became. A government source who provided information to Reuters said, 'The Indian government is concerned that user data is being sent to China through the app, and behind that is national security when data is collected by China. There is a problem that it enables analysis and profiling related to. '
Indian officials who provided information to Economic Times said many of the banned apps were from giant Chinese companies such as Tencent, Alibaba and NetEase, rebranding previously banned apps. That. In a statement, Google said, 'In response to a provisional order under Section 69A of the IT Act, we will notify affected developers according to an established process and temporarily access apps that were available on the Google Play store in India. I blocked it. '
The newly banned app also includes a battle royale game called 'Free Fire' from Singapore-based digital entertainment company Sea. Sea is regarded as the largest digital entertainment in Southeast Asia, providing games, e-commerce, financial services, etc. throughout Southeast Asia.
The Indian government's ban on Singaporean Sea game apps surprised executives and investors, but Sea founder Forest Lee was born in mainland China and acquired Singapore nationality after graduating from college. It is said that there are many other senior executives who are from China and who have a close relationship with China. In addition, Sea's largest shareholder is Tencent in China, which sold 14.5 million shares of Sea in January 2022 to raise $ 3 billion , but still among Sea's shares. Tencent accounts for 18.7%.
When he first founded Sea, Lee professed to refer to Tencent's expertise and business practices. In fact, Free Fire has leveraged its experience with Tencent's global distribution platform and business model to grow into a popular title with over 1 billion downloads on Google Play, making it the most popular title in India in the third quarter of 2021. It was a mobile game with. Oshadhi Kumarasiri, an analyst at research firm LightStream Research, said the ban on Free Fire in India could reduce revenues by $ 78-104 million per quarter. It states that it has sex.
India's ban on Free Fire raises doubts about Sea's growth, raising concerns that Sea's largest e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia, Shopee , could be banned in India. In response to this, on February 14, Sea's stock price fell by more than 18% on the New York Stock Exchange, and the market capitalization of more than 16 billion dollars (about 1.8 trillion yen) was blown away.
In response to Bloomberg's inquiry, Sea said, 'We are a Singaporean company and aim to be a partner in India's digital economy mission. We protect the privacy and security of users in India and around the world. We are committed to complying with Indian laws and regulations and will not transfer or store any Indian user data to China. '
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