Google banned 80,000+ bad developer accounts in 2025

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Google blocked nearly two million Android apps and more than 80,000 developer accounts

That's less than previous years, but still a worryingly high number ...

Google banned 80,000 developer accounts, blocked 27 million dangerous apps from outside Google Play and more: How Google kept Android users safe in 2025

Google has published its annual review of Android and Google Play security. It reveals the protection measures that Google ...

Google Blocked 1.75M Harmful Apps From Play Store in 2025

Google used AI-driven review systems to block 1.75 million policy-violating apps and ban 80,000 developer accounts in 2025, expanding Play Store and Android security enforcement.
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Google banned 173K developer accounts to block malware, fraud rings

Google says it banned 173,000 developer accounts in 2022 to block malware operations and fraud rings from infecting Android users' devices with malicious apps. The company revealed in its "bad apps" ...
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Google Bans Thousands of Play Store Developer Accounts to Block Malware

Google had a busy 2022 keeping its Play application marketplace free from cybercriminals, reporting on Thursday that it had prevented 1.43 million policy-violating apps from being published. The ...

Google 2025 security report: 1.75 million apps blocked, 80000 developer accounts banned

Google reported the following actions in 2025: Every app submitted to Google Play undergoes more than 10,000 safety checks ...