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Ubisoft Removes Video Seen as Insensitive to Black Lives Matter

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Video game publisher Ubisoft Entertainment SA will remove a controversial scene from its latest mobile game that appeared to link Black Lives Matter imagery to a terrorist group, according to an internal message reviewed by Bloomberg News.

Last week, Ubisoft released Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad, a game for iOS and Android in which the player builds a team of fighters to take on Umbra, a terrorist organization. In the game’s introductory video, Umbra is portrayed as a “faceless organization that wants to build a new world order.” Umbra, which uses a raised black fist as its logo, is described as a group that attempts to stoke riots and undermine world leaders through social media.