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December 20, 2019 03:24 pm

Apple Begins Pulling Creepy, Unlicensed Disney and Nickelodeon Games from App Store

Laura June, reporting for Input: Two days after Input reported that there were hundreds of unofficial -- often disturbing -- knock-off Disney and Nickelodeon gaming apps aimed at children in Apple's App Store, the company has begun removing the apps from the store. Some of the games found had been available for longer than a year. It remains unclear -- partially due to the way App Store guidelines are written -- on exactly how many fronts the apps in question violated Apple's policies, though many of the titles at least infringed on the IP of the characters they portrayed. It's also unclear if the apps were removed because Disney and other companies filed complaints, or if Apple removed them on its own. As of this afternoon, it seems nearly all of the apps mentioned by name in the initial report were no longer available in the App Store.

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