Google removed 2 popular Cheetah Mobile apps a few hours ago and Kika Tech from the Play Store upon encountering inappropriate behavior that was displayed by BuzzFeed News.
As far as we can tell, the big G has mentioned that in an internal investigation found that CM File Manager and the Kika Keyboard contain code that executes fraudulent advertising techniques.
Cheetah Mobile owns one of the best gallery we had on Android in the early years; But it was just when it was done when everything changed to that QuickPic that made us fall in love for a long time; here you have a free version of Cheetah's hands.
That code found in CM File Manager and Kika Keyboard is capable of executing fraudulent advertising techniques as well as the ability to "click injection". The activity was at first documented in 7 Cheetah apps and one of Kika Tech by Kochava, a company dedicated to analysis that shared the results of its research with the aforementioned news channel.
A Google spokesperson has claimed that they continue investigating the rest of Cheetah apps And if it found practices similar to those found, it would take the same action of removing those apps from its app store, video game and much more.
Google has commented thate both Cheetah and Kika can appeal before his decisive action without any problem. And it is that even the great G has eliminated both apps from its mobile ad network.
Un move by Google which is a big blow on the table to make it clear to Cheetah and Kika what can happen when bad practices are carried out. Two companies that together bring together millions of active users, but to which Google has no fear seen what has been carried out.