It’s been over 150 years since the South lost to the Union army in the American Civil War, but only recently has the call to finally remove the Confederate Flag from public places picked up steam. Now Apple is getting in on the action too by banning all Civil War games from the App Store that display the Confederate Flag in “offensive and mean-spirited ways.”
According to a report from TouchArcade, Apple has sent developers a removal letter, informing them that apps parading the stars and bars are out of compliance with Section 19.1 of the App Store review guidelines:
“19.1 Apps containing references or commentary about a religious, cultural or ethnic group that are defamatory, offensive, mean-spirited or likely to expose the targeted group to harm or violence will be rejected.”
WalMart, Amazon, and eBay all announced this week that they would no longer sell items with the Confederate Flag, in response to the racial terrorism in Charleston, South Carolina where a man wearing the Confederate Flag shot and killed nine people at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal.
Dozens of Civil War games with the Confederate Flag have already been removed from the App Store, however education and generic Civil Wars apps are still available for download. Apple hasn’t released an official statement on its stance on the issue, but hopefully a compromise can be reached with some of the game studios that are just making historically accurate Civil War games.
Via: TouchArcade
