How we fought bad apps and bad actors in 2022

Posted by Anu Yamunan and Khawaja Shams (Android Security and Privacy Team), and Mohet Saxena (Compute Trust and Safety)

Keeping Google Play safe for users and developers remains a top priority for Google. Google Play Protect continues to scan billions of installed apps each day across billions of Android devices to keep users safe from threats like malware and unwanted software.

In 2022, we prevented 1.43 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play in part due to new …

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