
Tech titan Apple announced on Thursday, June 25th that it was removing all apps from the App store that displayed the Confederate flag “in offensive or mean-spirited ways”.
Many civil libertarians and app developers who are impacted by the ban are, however, up in arms about the decision, saying this this kind of a blanket ban by Apple is unjust and apps should be reviewed on a case by case basis.
Without editorializing too much, many would agree that the Government should remove the racist symbol from