Apple pulls Confederate flag apps from the App Store

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 company has also removed several Civil War-themed games. The post below has been updated to reflect the App Store changes.
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Despite new efforts from companies like eBay, Amazon, Walmart and Etsy to remove items that promote the Confederate flag from their stores, the symbol is still alive and well in Google Play and, until recently, the App Store.

At the time of this writing on Wednesday, both companies' app stores had several apps with the Confederate flag prominently displayed in the app icon. Many of the apps are wallpaper apps, though there are also games, keyboards and educational apps. The latter category, to be fair, includes Jefferson Davis' history of the Confederacy, which probably wouldn't be complete without such an image. The vast majority, however, are simply Confederate flag wallpaper apps Read more...