Apple puts a stop to the Confederate Flag – Aftonbladet

The massacre in South Carolina has led to the Confederate flag, which many consider to be a racist symbol, has become the pariah of the United States.

Several companies, including Amazon, eBay and Google , has decided to scrap the goods linked to the flag.

Now, Apple has pulled their weight – by banning the historical game that shows the flag on the App Store.

Charleston massacre in South Carolina, where nine people were murdered in a church a week ago, has fueled discussion about the racial hatred of the United States.

Many consider it to be an affront to Confederate flag still hoisted outside government buildings in the south – when the Yanks struggled to maintain slavery during the American Civil War.

“Let’s eradicate racism”

Thanks to wild protests have now some companies taken measures and excluding many products Confederate flag appeared.

One of these companies is Apple.

– My thoughts go to the families of the victims in South Carolina. Let us honor their lives by eradicating racism and delete the symbols and words that give it power, writes CEO Tim Cook on Twitter.

Apple now requires the game developer self-censor their games on the App Store if they want to remain in the store. In a statement to the mobile site TouchArcade writes Apple that only games that make use of the Confederate flag at a “abusive or malicious manner” at risk gestures – but in practice it seems a different policy apply.

Historic game disappeared

TouchArcade mean that many wargame set during the Civil War has become removed plucked from the App Store. This despite the fact that Apple explicitly said that it does not intend to move the games that use the Confederate flag for educational purposes or in a historical context.

Eurogamer spoke with Hexwar Games Andrew Mulholland whose many Civil War game is no longer to be found on the App Store.

– We have asked Apple to investigate our apps again because they have a historical context. Hopefully, they will be reinstated in the store in its original form, but we do not know yet. If not, we will change the Confederate flag in the Games to the less controversial version of the 1861st