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UPDATE, June 25 3:45 p.m. PT: Google accepted to Mashable Thursday that apps with the Confederate banderole had been removed from the Play Store. The column beneath has been adapted to reflect those changes.
UPDATE, June 25 11:15 a.m. PT: Apple has pulled several apps depicting the Confederate flag, including those mentioned below, from its App Store. The aggregation has additionally removed several Civil War-themed games. The column beneath has been adapted to reflect the App Store changes.—
Despite new efforts from companies like eBay, Amazon, Walmart and Etsy to abolish items that advance the Confederate banderole from their stores, the attribute was, until recently, animate and able-bodied in Google Play and the App Store.
At the time of this autograph on Wednesday, both companies' app food had several apps with the Confederate banderole acutely displayed in the app icon. Abounding of the apps are wallpaper apps, admitting there are additionally games, keyboards and educational apps. The closing category, to be fair, includes Jefferson Davis' history of the Confederacy, which allegedly wouldn't be complete after such an image. The all-inclusive majority, however, are artlessly Confederate banderole wallpaper apps.
By Thursday morning, Apple had pulled all of the Confederate banderole wallpaper apps and amateur with the Confederate banderole in the app icon, forth with several added Civil War-themed games.
An Apple agent accepted to Mashable Thursday that several apps application the Confederate banderole had been removed. "We accept removed apps from the App Store that use the Confederate banderole in abhorrent or chicken ways, which is in abuse of our guidelines," the agent said. "We are not removing apps that affectation the Confederate banderole for educational or actual uses."
The agent said the aggregation is alive with bold developers whose apps had been removed to try to get the amateur aback in the App Store.
Google after accepted Thursday it too had removed apps that depicted the Confederate flag. “We appear on Tuesday that we will abolish agreeable absolute the Confederate banderole from Google Shopping and Ads," a agent said in a statement. "We can affirm that this applies to apps in Google Play.”
Of the two companies, Google Play seemed to accept added apps that featured the banderole — which was not decidedly hasty accustomed the company's history of beneath akin developer policies. Admitting the aggregation alien an app approval action for developers beforehand this year, Google ahead alone advised apps that had been appear as offensive.
Though abounding of the apps assume to predate the new developer policies, at atomic one app, 3D Rebel Banderole Live Wallpaper (pictured below), which has back been removed, had been afresh updated, according to a Play Store listing.
Two Android apps that advance the Confederate flag: Rebel Banderole Keyboard (left) and 3D Rebel Banderole Live Wallpaper (right).
As of Thursday afternoon, the Confederate banderole wallpaper and keyboard apps had been removed from the Play Store. It appears Google was Civil War-themed games, educational apps and added amateur that appearance the flag, including Redneck Shooting Range, abide available. The aforementioned bold however, has been removed from the App Store. Google allegedly zeroed in on apps whose primary purpose was announcement the banderole during its update.
Apple's App Store had agnate offerings, with added than bisected a dozen apps whose icons featured the Confederate flag, admitting abounding of these appeared to be from the aforementioned developer, Stafford Signs. The company, which specializes in vinyl cartoon and decals, has apps like Southern Pride (Rebel Flag) Wallpaper and a bold alleged Redneck Shooting Range, which additionally characterize accoutrements in the app icons (pictured below). These apps were all removed Thursday.
App icons for apps that as of this writing, on Wednesday, were accessible in iTunes. Apple accepted it removed the apps Thursday.
While Apple has not about commented on its attitude on the Confederate flag, beforehand in the anniversary CEO Tim Cook alleged for the abatement of "the symbols and words" that augment racism. He has not announced accurately about the flag, however.
Both companies are accepted to abolish apps that breach their centralized developer policies. Google removed apps that apish bombing Gaza aftermost summer, citation the company's action adjoin apps that advance abandon and blowing and abhorrence speech. Apple has additionally removed its allotment of apps, including a "gay cure" app.
