Among Us apparently violated the Geneva Conventions Act.
Among Us apparently violated the Geneva Conventions Act, which essentially provides the legal basis for various war crimes. We're not going to give you a whole history lesson on the Geneva Conventions, but basically, it's a set of rules and treaties that require participants in a war to be treated humanely. That means no torture, any wounded or sick people must be attended to, and so on.
However, Among Us is a silly game with little spacemen doing some murders. It is not at war, it is not a country, but it did still manage to violate the Geneva Conventions. The official Twitter account for Among Us confirmed it was in violation of the act back in 2020 before the game had its viral success. Among Us had existed for quite some time, but only became as big as it is now when people were looking for something to play during the pandemic.
fun fact: after the game got big in 2020 we had to change the colour of the MedBay cross because we apparently violated the Geneva Conventions Act by making it red???? oops pic.twitter.com/7Idvv1sglu — Among Us February 1, 2023 As reported by Kotaku in 2017, the developers of Prison Architect ran into a similar issue and received an email from the British Red Cross noting that it was a technical violation of the Geneva Conventions. As you may expect, the developer quickly made the appropriate changes.
"If the red cross emblem or similar signs are used for other purposes, no matter how beneficial or inconsequential they may seem, the special significance of the emblem will be diminished," reads the email sent to the Prison Architect team."The red cross emblem or similar designs are not general signs of ambulances, health care, first aid, the nursing or medical profession, or similar matters.
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