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  "id": 6286243,
  "title": "The Tetris Company says it was \"not involved in the creation\" of White House parody, takes \"copyright infringement very seriously\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/the-tetris-company-says-it-was-not-involved-in-the-creation-of-white",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-08T13:03:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "GamesIndustry",
    "slug": "gamesindustry",
    "url": "https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-tetris-company-says-it-was-not-involved-in-the-creation-of-white-house-parody-takes-copyright-infringement-very-seriously"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Tetris Company has denied any involvement in the creation of a U.S. government parody of its tile-matching game. The company takes copyright infringement very seriously. The White House recently removed a minigame site featuring video game parodies based on President Trump's immigration policies. The Tetris parody, called Build the Wall: Zombie Border Siege, had players building a wall to prevent aliens from crossing the Southern border. Other games on the site included parodies of Flappy Bird and Snake. DHS has previously stated it would use video game memes to promote policy, with a focus on crime committed by illegal aliens. Microsoft and the Pokémon Company have both stated they were unaware their intellectual property was used in the DHS video.",
  "summary": "The Tetris Company has issued a statement regarding a US government-made parody of its tile-matching puzzle game, which has since been removed . Read more",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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    "outlets": 8,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "PC Gamer",
        "title": "The Tetris Company confirms it had nothing to do with the White House's racist rip-off: 'we believe in the power of connection and bringing people together, not dividing them'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/the-tetris-company-confirms-it-had-nothing-to-do-with-the-white",
        "published": "2026-09-06T23:53:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
        "title": "\"We believe in the power of connection\": Donald Trump Tetris parody game rouses the mildly worded wrath of the Tetris Company",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/we-believe-in-the-power-of-connection-donald-trump-tetris-parody-game",
        "published": "2026-09-07T11:23:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "The White House pulls its racist Tetris clone",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/the-white-house-pulls-its-racist-tetris-clone",
        "published": "2026-09-08T16:00:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "The White House made a \"Tetris\" clone. The Tetris Company was not amused.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/the-white-house-made-a-tetris-clone-the-tetris-company-was-not-amused",
        "published": "2026-09-08T16:31:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "The White House has quietly removed Build The Wall, a Tetris clone on its arcade.gov website, after Tetris said it takes \"copyright infringement very seriously\" (Zack Zwiezen/Kotaku)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/the-white-house-has-quietly-removed-build-the-wall-a-tetris-clone-on",
        "published": "2026-09-08T17:20:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "White House takes down anti-immigrant Tetris knockoff",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/white-house-takes-down-anti-immigrant-tetris-knockoff",
        "published": "2026-09-08T21:27:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "White House takes down ‘Build the Wall’ game after the Tetris Company complains",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/white-house-takes-down-build-the-wall-game-after-the-tetris-company",
        "published": "2026-09-08T23:23:23.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}