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Title: Apple pulls 'offensive' apps featuring Confederate flags from App Store Post by: HCK on June 27, 2015, 03:00:12 am Apple pulls 'offensive' apps featuring Confederate flags from App Store
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Apple is cracking down on apps that feature the Confederate flag in the wake of last week’s church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina.</p><p> The company is joining Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Walmart, and other retailers in taking a stand against the flag (http://abcnews.go.com/Business/amazon-etsy-ban-confederate-flag-merchandise-joining-walmart/story?id=31972541), which has become a symbol of shooter Dylann Roof’s attack on Charleston’s historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal church. Roof is pictured holding a Confederate flag in a photo that spread quickly online after the shooting. South Carolina is now moving to ban the flag (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/06/23/protesters-rally--urge-vote--remove-confederate-flag--south-carolina-state-capitol/29155099/) from its state Capitol building.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2940647/apple-pulls-offensive-apps-featuring-confederate-flags-from-app-store.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple pulls 'offensive' apps featuring Confederate flags from App Store (http://www.macworld.com/article/2940647/apple-pulls-offensive-apps-featuring-confederate-flags-from-app-store.html#tk.rss_all) |