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Google, Apple, and Others Remove Content Related To the Confederate Flag

Posted by Soulskill on from the symbols-are-for-the-symbol-minded dept.

davek writes with news that Google is removing results related to the Confederate Flag from Google Shopping, the company's online marketplace. They're also blocking advertisements involving the flag. They say, "We have determined that the Confederate flag violates our Ads policies, which don't allow content that's generally perceived as expressing hate toward a particular group." At the same time, Apple is removing from the App Store any games or other software featuring the Confederate Flag. This, of course, follows the recent shooting in South Carolina, which triggered a nationwide debate over whether the flag should be flown at government buildings (or anywhere). Major online merchant websites like eBay and Amazon have already taken the step of banning merchandise relating to the flag.

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  1. I said this elsewhere... by bmo · · Score: 4, Funny

    The removal of Confederate Battle Flag items from the market and such is a bad idea.

    Walmart, K-Mart, Sears, etc., should all continue to sell "Redneck Pride" crap - promote it, even. Because such things are great visual cues as to who is a moron/dolt/idiot without having to actually talk to them.

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    1. Re:I said this elsewhere... by jammer170 · · Score: 5, Funny

      It also allows us to identify bigots who don't realize it when they talk negatively about "rednecks".

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  2. View from outside the USA by Ian.Waring · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ironic that about the only place left to buy a Confederate Flag is the Black Market

  3. Re:Boo hoo... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "The problem with quotes on the Internet, is that it can be hard to verify the source." -- Abraham Lincoln, March 27, 1862.

  4. boss hog found a way to take of duke brothers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    can't have that general lee around any more.

  5. Re:Try it for yourself! by gweihir · · Score: 3, Funny

    US flags are available everywhere! You never know when the US has (again) pissed somebody off enough that they want to burn some US flags publicly. Would be a shame when such an expression of public free speech failed only because no US flag were to be had.

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  6. Re:Boo hoo... by Coren22 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Lincoln was trying to abolish the institution of vampirism. There was a documentary about it recently.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt16...

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