Pepe Is Banned From the Apple App Store

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"Your app contains images and references of Pepe the Frog, which are considered objectionable content," an Apple App Review Board employee named Nicole wrote in a rejection notice to Spirit Realm Games, the developer of Pepe Scream. "It would be appropriate to remove the references and revise the images in your app."

Pepe Scream was rejected for violating section 1.1 of Apple's App Store Review Guidelines, which stipulates that apps cannot "include content that is offensive, insensitive, upsetting, intended to disgust, or in exceptionally poor taste." Spirit Realm Games appealed the decision, and Apple sent a follow up message identifying Pepe as the problem.

Users control Pepe by screaming into their phone, which makes the green frog float. Pepe Scream was approved by the Google Play Store and is currently available on Android. Google did not return a request for comment.

As for Pepe Scream, it has a future on the App Store, but Pepe must go.

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