TouchPal keyboard and other CooTek apps removed from Google Play for disruptive advertising

Google has removed TouchPal keyboard and other apps by Chinese developer CooTek from the Play Store for disrupive ads outside its apps.

By  Tushar Mehta Jul 19, 2019

Google takes strong measures against apps on the Play Store which use sneaky methods for misutilization of permissions. Earlier this year, Google banished Du Global, the Chinese developer with more than 500 millions of downloads on its 100+ apps, from the Play Store and the AdMob network for intrusive ads. Google has now "temporarily" expelled another major developer – CooTek, the creator of the famous TouchPal keyboard – from the Play Store and its ad network after a report that its apps were found misusing permissions and displaying disruptive ads on host Android devices.