However, for the 45 applications that have been completely removed from the market, Cheetah Mobile responded to AI Finance, saying that “we are still being unilaterally removed by Google in the case of active rectification.”Ĭheetah Mobile said in a statement that it is regrettable that the compliance standards of the Google U.S. In December 2019, Google removed an offending app from Cheetah Mobile, but allowed Cheetah Mobile to continue offering other apps in the software store. Assuming no corrective action, Google will take tough steps. In general, after the violation is detected for the first time, Google issues notices and warnings to developers and allows them to correct. The company said it was trying to appeal Google's decision to clarify all misunderstandings related to it and take any necessary remedies to restore the disabled account. Subsequently, the Google Play Store removed the CM File Manager.Ĭheetah Mobile removed two apps, Battery Doctor and CM Locker, because "the target development version used is too long and needs time to update." Cheetah Mobile respondsĬheetah Mobile said in a statement that the ban occurred because some of its applications did not comply with Google's policies, which caused some invalid traffic.
This is not the first time Cheetah Mobile has been questioned for ad fraud.Īccording to Ai Caijing, in November 2018, Cheetah Mobile's 7 applications suspected of ad fraud and malicious behavior, including CM File Manager, Battery Doctor, CM Locker, Cheetah Mobile Cleanup Master, CM Launcher 3D, Cheetah Mobile Security Master and Cheetah Mobile keyboard. It is conceivable that Google's delisting has affected its revenue.Īffected by this, Cheetah Mobile's closing share price on February 21 dropped 16.94% to $ 2.99, and its market value shrank to $ 429 million. Cheetah Mobile has more than 300 million monthly active users worldwide, and more than half are from overseas.Ĭheetah Mobile's previous financial report showed that in the first 9 months of 2019, 22.6% of Cheetah Mobile's revenue came from Google.
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