{"id":6854,"date":"2019-04-30T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T08:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howk.de\/w1\/dev-responds-to-play-store-ad-fraud-allegations-after-google-removes-46-of-its-apps\/"},"modified":"2019-04-30T08:00:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T08:00:09","slug":"dev-responds-to-play-store-ad-fraud-allegations-after-google-removes-46-of-its-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howk.de\/?p=6854","title":{"rendered":"Dev Responds To Play Store Ad Fraud Allegations After Google Removes 46 Of Its Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/news\/google-removing-do-global-apps\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/ContentImages\/NewsItem\/47951\/thumbnail\/default\/appsth.jpg\" alt=\"Dev Responds To Play Store Ad Fraud Allegations After Google Removes 46 Of Its Apps\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\"><\/a><br \/>\nSeveral apps from a developer with ties to China&#8217;s Baidu were caught committing click fraud and sending information to China without the knowledge of the app users. 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