Some Argentines are now asking to prohibit the game on various memorial sites in the country. “The State must uphold a clear message when it comes to people’s behavior in the Memory sites that were created for the reflection of collective memory and identity. An app like Pokemon Go can’t be used freely in a space that means so much to so many of us,” Ferreyra said. Some locations, like the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan, have asked to be removed from the game while others, like the Holocaust Memorial Museum in the US, have asked visitors to refrain from playing while present. Read more: ‘Poke-Taxi’ Lets You Play Pokemon Go While Seated In A CabThe initiative calls for Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta to prevent the game from functioning in memorials and the AMIA.

Source: The Bubble August 09, 2016 16:30 UTC