Google has recently launched a Developer Program Policy update for April 2022. The post says, "Your app's content that is accessible to children must be appropriate for children. If your app contains content that is not globally appropriate, but that content is deemed appropriate for child users in a particular region, the app may be available in that region but will remain unavailable in other regions."
We don't know the actual reason for declaring apps unfit. However, some parameters are set independently by Google based on region. That makes it quite difficult to tell how Google will use this.
Each region has set different age restrictions for apps. For example, Telegram in the German region has an 18+ age restriction. IN the case of The United Kingdom, Telegram comes with some parental guidance disclaimer, stating that the app isn't particullarly designed for kids, it might be helpful in some perspect but is deemed inappropriate.
App developers will need to follow these new rules by May 11, 2022 (a grace period of 30 days) or risk having their app removed from the Play Store.
You can read more about this on Google's Post.
You can read more about this on Google's Post.
Source - Android Police and Google
Author - Ayush Ray
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