Sorry for the rant but it drives me nuts how many otherwise perfectly intelligent people spread this misinformation without once thinking 'hang on, why would international war crime courts give a shit about some pos video game?'
@thelobdegg I'm genuinely curious since this comes up... A lot not just in the Doom community but elsewhere -- Nintendo had to (before launch) patch Earthbound, but it's been in several countries that **The red cross** points to the Geneva Convention as their cudgel:
On top of that, the ICRC **themselves** cite it: https://www.icrc.org/en/copyright-and-terms-use#:~:text=The%20red%20cross%20and%20red,unauthorized%20persons%20is%20strictly%20forbidden.
(They, of course, also want video games to conform; https://playbytherules.icrc.org/ )
Red Cross of Canada doesn't *directly* say it, but comes close:
@indrora I hadn't looked into the international wing, but I consider it telling that I only ever hear about red *crosses* get blocked. The articles of the GC suggest any red logo associated with faiths or even ideologies with publicly known symbology that are known to promote sanctuary and assistance can constitute a humanitarian emblem.