Google Play is ramping up its offensive against malicious apps, which have continued to plague the official app store for Android devices over the years.
In a Wednesday post, Andrew Ahn, product manager at Google Play, said that the number of app submissions that were rejected on the app marketplace increased by more than 55 percent in 2018. The number of app suspensions on Google Play also jutted up by 66 percent in 2018, he said.
“These increases can be attributed to our continued efforts to tighten policies to reduce the number of harmful apps on the Play Store, as well as our investments in automated protections and human review processes that play critical roles in identifying and enforcing on bad apps,” said Ahn.
