Security News > 2020 > February > Google Removes 600 Android Apps for Displaying Disruptive Ads
2020-02-21 16:36
Google has removed roughly 600 applications from Google Play for violating its ad-related policies, the Internet search giant announced this week.
The company banned them from Google AdMob and Google Ad Manager, its ad monetization platforms.
The apps, Google says, violated its policies related to disruptive ads and disallowed interstitial.
"We define disruptive ads as ads that are displayed to users in unexpected ways, including impairing or interfering with the usability of device functions," the company explains.
The Internet giant also notes that it has been developing new technologies and using machine learning to protect against disruptive ads, although developers are becoming savvier in deploying and masking disruptive ads.
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