THE ABC has pleaded with Apple to reconsider its censoring of its top-selling Spicks and Specks app after it was deemed too racist by iTunes.

The ABC show - hosted by Adam Hills - is named after a Bee Gees song but the word "spick" is often used as a derogatory term in the US for people of Latin American descent.



The broadcaster has asked iTunes to reconsider its decision to amend it to S***ks and Specks, after it surged to No.1 on the local entertainment app chart.



"iTunes is a US-based platform and it automatically censors words which are considered accidentally offensive in America," an ABC spokesman said.



"We've asked Apple to review it for the Australian audience."



The iPhone app reached No.1 on the Australian entertainment app chart over the weekend.





Originally published as ABC 'racist' app censored by Apple