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White House takes down 'Build the Wall' game after the Tetris Company complains

Reported by Siddharth Deshmukh (Staff Writer) · TechCrunch ·

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The White House has taken down its controversial 'Build the Wall' arcade game after the Tetris Company complained of copyright infringement. The game, which closely resembled Tetris, was posted to the White House website and tasked players with building a wall to keep out a 'zombie border siege'. The Tetris Company, which owns the rights to the original Tetris game, stated that it had no role in its creation and took copyright infringement very seriously. The page for Build the Wall now returns a 404 error, meaning the page is no longer visible on the White House website. Another game still visible on the government's website is Rio Run, which allows players to deport immigrant characters. The Trump administration's decision to post the games was widely criticized as racist. The White House did not comment on the matter.

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