According to a Reuters report, as a result, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum recently asked Pokemon GO enthusiasts not to play the game in the museum’s premises, as this would be “extremely inappropriate”.
Advertisement
The new Pokemon Go game has led to a series of unexpected consequences caused while players have wandered around with their eyes glued to their smartphones at all hours of day and night.
Pokemon are popping up at the 9/11 Memorial and the Holocaust Museum in D.C. through the Pokemon Go App. The museum’s communications director, Andy Holliger, said that they are “attempting to have the museum removed from the game”.
“Pokemon Go” seems to have taken over the world, but some say this new phenomenon might be crossing some boundaries it shouldn’t be.
Workers at Auschwitz and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum have seen a string of visitors using the Nintendo app on their phones.
Pokemon Go has continued to break records and sweats across the USA as people try to catch ’em all.
The tweet read: “We do not allow playing #PokemonGo on the site of our memorial and similar places”. It superimposes virtual animals in the real world using your camera and enhanced truth.
Other hallowed places where Pokemon have apparently been spotted include the Auschwitz museum in Poland, the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, the 9/11 Memorial in NY city City, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington and monoliths in national parks.
He wrote in a direct message to CNNMoney that creating Pokestops in memorials is “absolutely inappropriate”. He said it could potentially be positive for the museum, but he hopes people will put phones in their pockets once they enter. The locations, known as “Pokestops” and “Gyms”, are based on landmarks submitted by players of Niantic’s earlier game, “Ingress”.
Advertisement
A record 1.72 million people visited the site in the southern city of Oswiecim in 2015, the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the camp by the Soviets. Some users have found a way to download the app outside of the U.S., Australia or New Zealand, where it’s been available.
