Action Required: Your app is not compliant with Google Play Policies (MIZOZO App)

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Hi Developers at MIZOZO,

After a recent review, we found that your app MIZOZO App (com.waowakachukuazote.tv) is not compliant with one or more of our Developer Program Policies. See below for more information about your app's status and how to correct the issue.

Publishing Status

App Status: Rejected

Your app has been rejected and wasn't published due to the policy issue(s) listed below. If you submitted an update, the previous version of your app is still available on Google Play.

Issue found: Violation of Misleading Claims policy

Your app contains content that doesn't comply with the Misleading Claims policy. We adopted this policy to promote trust and create a safe experience for users. That's why apps that provide government information, whether or not they are government affiliated, must strictly adhere to our Misleading Claims policy.

  • Your app doesn't provide a clear source of government information or its description lacks an easy-to-see disclaimer stating that the app doesn't represent a government entity.

Issue details

We found an issue in the following area(s):

  • Full description (en-US): "Get reliable international news about military conflicts, cases and tragedies and ongoing discussions between the world's most powerful military nations. We also bring you a detailed analysis of each type of weapon owned by those nations, one by one and compare the strength of military between one nation and another without forgetting military alliances such as NATO compared to Russia and China and Iran and other countries. We highlight the tension between Iran and the United States, China and the United States, North Korea and the United States without forgetting Russia and the United States. we will highlight the allies of those countries around the world and the ongoing conflicts in their countries."

To bring your app into compliance, follow these steps:

  1. If you have written documentation proving government affiliation or authorization to facilitate government services through your app:
    • Submit the written documentation through the Advance Notice Form. If you already submitted it, please wait for a response to your Advance Notice Form submission.
  2. If you don't have government affiliation or authorization to facilitate government services through your app, follow these steps:
    1. Clarify and/or add to the information in your app.
      • Identify a clear source of government information.
      • Include in the app an easy-to-see disclaimer stating that the app doesn't represent a government entity.
      • Check your app's store listing page for compliance and add the same disclaimer there too, if needed.
    2. Double-check that your app complies with all other Developer Program policies.
    3. Sign in to your Google Play Console account and submit the update to your app.
  3. Users need clear information about how your app handles their data. In your privacy policy, describe how your app accesses, collects, uses, and shares data and how it limits the use of data to the purposes disclosed.
    • Make sure your privacy policy is available via a valid active URL. It can't be a PDF or a doc link.
    • Ensure that your policy is non-editable.
    • Include links to your privacy policy on your app's store listing page and in your app.
    • Add or update your privacy policy.

About the Misleading Claims policy

We don't allow apps that contain false or misleading information or claims, including in the description, title, icon, and screenshots. This includes apps that falsely claim affiliation with a government entity or to provide or facilitate government services for which they are not properly authorized.

If your app provides government-related information, you must provide the sources of the information in the app description and a clear disclaimer that you do not represent the government entity.

If you have written documentation proving government affiliation or authorization to facilitate government services through your app, please submit the verifying documents through the Advance Notice Form.



Visit Google Play's Academy for App Success to get contextual learning on this Google Play policy.

Action required: Submit an updated app for review

Here's what to do to help get your app on Google Play:
  1. Make sure to read the applicable policies or requirements listed below:
  2. Make appropriate changes to your app (if possible), and be sure to address the issue described above. You may also want to check your app's store listing for compliance, if applicable.
  3. Double check that your app is compliant with all other Developer Program Policies.
  4. If you made changes to your app bundle, store listing, or APK, please sign in to your Play Console and submit the update(s).

Contact support

If you've reviewed the policy and feel our decision may have been in error, please reach out to our policy support team. We'll get back to you within 2 business days.

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