Free iTunes APP Provides Classic Anti-Semitic Definitions; SWC Urges Apple to Delete iSinónimos

The Simon Wiesenthal Center is calling on Apple to remove a Spanish-language thesaurus app that uses offensive anti-Semitic stereotypes in some of its results.

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"Unfortunately, Apple did not respond to initial complaints from the community protesting iSinónimos' online bigotry. The most successful company in the 21^st Century should notallow its iTunes store to serve as a digital bridge to hateful and dangerous anti-Jewish stereotypes dating back to Medieval times," said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the SimonWiesenthal Center. "We urge Apple to immediately delete iSinónimos' app," he added.

According to Apple’s guidelines, applications “containing references or commentary about a religious, cultural or ethnic group that are defamatory, offensive, [and] mean-spirited… will berejected.” Last year, after Wiesenthal Center protests, Apple removed the violent anti-Israel “Third Intifada” app citing the same guidelines.

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