Published 17:54 IST, July 28th 2020

Will Free Fire be banned in India? The survival game belongs to which country?

Will Free Fire be banned in India? Here is all you need to know about whether Free Fire origin country, is it going to be banned, who is the CEO and more. Read

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After last month's ban on 59 Chinese apps, Ministry of Home Affairs recently banned more 47 Chinese apps in country. As we all kw reason behind banning of apps, many Indians are concerned about how many more apps are going to be banned.

However, most of all, some of netizens fear that ir favourite apps like Free Fire and or apps might get banned in process. Neverless, this has become a reason why many Free Fire players and fans are searching about Free Fire ban and some are wondering "will Free Fire be banned in India?" If you are wondering same, do t worry, here is all you need to kw.

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Will Free Fire be banned in India?

India has banned a total of 106 Chinese apps until w, and move is to safeguard Indian cyber and security from China. According to reports, Chinese apps that are suspected to threaten Indian users' privacy are being banned by central government. So, answer to question "will Free Fire be banned in India?" is . Free Fire ban is t likely to happen anytime sooner because survival game does t belong to China and MHA is currently only focusing on banning Chinese apps.

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Free Fire belongs to which country?

Free Fire is one of leading survival game and it is available for all users on platforms such as Playstation, PC, Android and iOS. game is developed by a Vietnamese app development company called 111dots Studio and it is published worldwide by a Singapore-based organisation called Garena. current CEO of Garena Free Fire is Forrest Li who is also founder of company. Forrest Li was born in China, however, he shifted to Singapore and he is currently a resident of Singapore with citizenship of country in hand. Free Fire is refore t a Chinese app.

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47 more Chinese apps banned in India

Ministry of Home Affairs has recently banned more 47 Chinese apps in India as y were reportedly acting as clone applications for previously banned 59 apps. A total of 106 China-based applications are w banned in country. se banned apps have reportedly compromised safety and security of user data and privacy. To safeguard Indian Cyber and privacy of numerous users, many popular apps like Clean Master, YouCam Perfect, TikTok, SHAREit, SheIn, Beauty Plus, We Chat, UC Browser, UC Browser Mini, UC News, Parallel , Likee, Xender and more are banned by Central government. However, Chinese apps list was suggested by Indian Intelligence ncies to government. Currently, MHA is reviewing a list of 250 apps and will provide its decision on same soon.

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17:53 IST, July 28th 2020