Amazon was slammed for persevering with to hawk anti-Semitic merchandise on its web site regardless of the e-retail large scrubbing a number of Nazi-related objects.
The Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Middle lashed out at Amazon on Thursday for “allowing the marketing and sale of Nazi and neo-Nazi paraphernalia on their website.”
The group mentioned that it despatched a letter to Amazon demanding the removing of a number of objects.
Taking down the listings will “end the monetization of hateful products,” in keeping with the Wiesenthal Middle.
The Jewish group supplied screenshots of a number of objects, together with a swastika pendant that attaches to a necklace; patches that bear “pirate skull crossbones” photos; a cranium badge steel pin brooch; and a number of other different objects mentioned to include neo-Nazi overtones.
“Amazon needs to immediately remove and update their site to stop recommending all Nazi, neo-Nazi, and white supremacist paraphernalia,” Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the affiliate dean and director of worldwide social motion on the Wiesenthal Middle, mentioned in a press release.
Cooper cited a letter that his group despatched to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos final 12 months, which prompted the Seattle-based e-commerce retailer to take down greater than 20 Nazi propaganda movies that had been supplied up on the market on Amazon’s web page or had been obtainable for streaming on its Prime Video service.
The rabbi demanded Amazon put a system in place to promptly take away such objects sooner or later.
“It’s simply not acceptable for the biggest economic giant on the block to play games of Wack-a-mole rather than fix things,” Cooper mentioned.
“We don’t need to know what your algorithm is. What I’m interested in knowing is if this is something that could be fixed easily by Amazon, without making any significant dent in their bottom line.”
Cooper added: “And the fact that they haven’t done so on their own is bad enough.”
A number of of the objects had been faraway from the location. The tech information web site Gizmodo was the primary to report the removals.
When reached by The Put up, a spokesperson for Amazon referenced the corporate’s insurance policies as they relate to “potentially offensive products.”
“Our offensive products policy prohibits the sale of products that promote, incite, or glorify hatred, violence, racial, sexual, or religious intolerance or promote organizations with such views, as well as listings that graphically portray violence or victims of violence,” the corporate writes.
“To enforce our policies, we have proactive mechanisms in place to catch offensive listings before a customer ever sees them,” Amazon says.
“Our technology continuously scans all products listed for sale looking for text and images that we have determined violate our policies, and immediately removes them.”
“The realm of potentially offensive products is nuanced and diverse, and we review thousands of products every day against our policies to ensure compliance.”
Final 12 months, Amazon refused to ban a controversial movie with anti-Semitic themes that was promoted on-line by Brooklyn Nets celebrity Kyrie Irving.
The film, “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,” was obtainable for buy on Amazon’s Prime Video service as of Friday.
The movie, which is predicated on a 2015 guide of the identical title, promotes anti-Semitic tropes and bogus claims, together with one which says the Black Hebrew Israelite group are the true descendants of biblical Israelites.
The film additionally alleges a worldwide Jewish conspiracy to oppress black individuals and that Jews had been partially accountable for the African slave commerce.
Irving, the Nets’ mercurial star, took to Twitter and posted a hyperlink to the movie. After information stories highlighted the anti-Semitic content material within the film, Nets proprietor Joe Tsai launched a press release condemning Irving for the tweet.
When Irving refused to surrender the movie and its anti-Semitic claims, he was suspended for a number of video games by the Nets, who got here below stress from the Anti-Defamation League and different teams who demanded disciplinary measures.
Irvin ultimately apologized and was reinstated by the group.
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