Why wasn’t PUBG Mobile banned in India?

E-Sports fans were in for a scare as the Indian government decided to ban 59-Chinese apps citing privacy issues, with many wondering if the famous Battle Royale game, PUBG Mobile — developed by Chinese firm Tencent Holdings — would also come in the line of fire. Much to the relief of those gamers, the game wasn’t in the list issued by the government on Monday. This gave PUBG lovers the opportunity to troll TikTok fans and soon after a hilarious meme game started on social media.

While PUBG successfully managed to evade the government’s 59-app list, there are other apps like TikTok and UC Browser which are no longer active in India. The Indian government took the decision to ban these apps as they were ‘red-flagged by the Indian intelligence agencies’.

“The compilation of these data, its mining and profiling by elements hostile to national security and defence of India, which ultimately impinges upon the sovereignty and integrity of India, is a matter of very deep and immediate concern which requires emergency measures,”

the statement issued by the ministry read.

A reason behind PUBG not making the list of banned apps is that it isn’t entirely Chinese. The game has been created and managed by Bluehole which is a South Korean organisation. After PUBG became popular, Tencent — a Chinese conglomerate — joined hands with Bluehole to market the product in China and has since started handling a large portion of its distribution. In India, the game is distributed in India by Tencent Holdings.

While it can’t be denied that the game has Chinese links, it’s mixed-ownership seems to have prevented it from joining the list of banned apps…

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