After years of baffling inaction, the company that now owns the wildly popular mobile game Pokémon GO, Scopely, finally removed the highly controversial PokéStop located on Jeffrey Epstein’s private island, Little Saint James. This move came following recent, extensive dumps of the nauseating Epstein files, which reignited massive public outrage. It’s honestly pretty incredible that this virtual landmark was allowed to exist for so long, especially considering the island’s horrific reputation.
For those unfamiliar with how the game works, PokéStops are critical landmarks where players can find items and catch Pokémon. Before Scopely purchased the app, Niantic owned Pokémon GO. During Niantic’s ownership, players of their various location-based games could submit their own “points of interest” using their real-world location data. These submissions would then go through an approval process to become official stops.
