{"id":539333,"date":"2023-01-14T00:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T21:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/amazon-removes-nazi-paraphernalia-following-criticism\/"},"modified":"2023-01-14T00:45:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T21:45:02","slug":"amazon-removes-nazi-paraphernalia-following-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-removes-nazi-paraphernalia-following-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"#Amazon removes Nazi paraphernalia following criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3664e6b1093\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3664e6b1093\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amazon-removes-nazi-paraphernalia-following-criticism\/#%E2%80%9CAmazon_removes_Nazi_paraphernalia_following_criticism%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Amazon removes Nazi paraphernalia following criticism&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAmazon_removes_Nazi_paraphernalia_following_criticism%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Amazon removes Nazi paraphernalia following criticism&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Amazon was slammed for continuing to peddle anti-Semitic products on its site despite the e-retail giant scrubbing a few Nazi-related items.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center lashed out at Amazon on Thursday for \u201callowing the marketing and sale of Nazi and neo-Nazi paraphernalia on their website.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organization said that it sent a letter to Amazon demanding the removal of several items.<\/p>\n<p>Taking down the listings will \u201cend the monetization of hateful products,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wiesenthal.com\/about\/news\/swc-again-blasts-amazon-for.html\">according to the Wiesenthal Center.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Jewish organization provided screenshots of several items, including a swastika pendant that attaches to a necklace; patches that bear \u201cpirate skull crossbones\u201d images; a skull badge metal pin brooch; and several other items said to contain neo-Nazi overtones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmazon needs to immediately remove and update their site to stop recommending all Nazi, neo-Nazi, and white supremacist paraphernalia,\u201d Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the associate dean and director of global <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> action at the Wiesenthal Center, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper cited a letter that his organization sent to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos last year, which prompted the Seattle-based e-commerce retailer to take down more than 20 Nazi propaganda films that were offered up for sale on Amazon\u2019s web site or were available for streaming on its Prime Video service.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-136.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The Simon Wiesenthal Center fired off an angry letter to Amazon demanding the removal of neo-Nazi items.\" class=\"wp-image-25357992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-136.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-136.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-136.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Simon Wiesenthal Center fired off an angry letter to Amazon demanding the removal of neo-Nazi items.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Simon Wiesenthal Center<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The rabbi demanded Amazon put a system in place to promptly remove such items in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s simply not acceptable for the biggest economic giant on the block to play <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s of Wack-a-mole rather than fix things,\u201d Cooper said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t need to know what your algorithm is. What I\u2019m interested in knowing is if\u00a0this is something that could be fixed easily by Amazon, without making any significant dent in their bottom line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cooper added: \u201cAnd the fact that they haven\u2019t done so on their own is bad enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-138.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Amazon complied with the request from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, removing several Nazi items.\" class=\"wp-image-25357993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-138.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-138.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-138.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Amazon complied with the request from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, removing several Nazi items.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Simon Wiesenthal Center<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Several of the items were removed from the site. The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/amazon-amazon-prime-nazi-paraphernalia-1849984744\">tech news site Gizmodo<\/a> was the first to report the removals.<\/p>\n<p>When reached by The Post, a spokesperson for Amazon <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aboutamazon.com\/news\/how-amazon-works\/amazons-approach-to-controversial-products-and-content\">referenced the company\u2019s policies<\/a> as they relate to \u201cpotentially offensive products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur 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,\u201d the company writes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-142.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\u201cAmazon needs to immediately remove and update their site to stop recommending all Nazi, neo-Nazi, and white supremacist paraphernalia,&quot; Rabbi Abraham Cooper\" class=\"wp-image-25360988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-142.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-142.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-142.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cAmazon needs to immediately remove and update their site to stop recommending all Nazi, neo-Nazi, and white supremacist paraphernalia,\u201d Rabbi Abraham Cooper said.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTo enforce our policies, we have proactive mechanisms in place to catch offensive listings before a customer ever sees them,\u201d Amazon says. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> continuously scans all products listed for sale looking for text and images that we have determined violate our policies, and immediately removes them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe realm of potentially offensive products is nuanced and diverse, and we review thousands of products every day against our policies to ensure compliance.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Amazon refused to ban a controversial film with anti-Semitic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>s that was promoted online by Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-141.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Amazon came under fire after Kyrie Irving, the Brooklyn Nets star, tweeted a link to a movie widely deemed to be anti-Semitic.\" class=\"wp-image-25357990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-141.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-141.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-141.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Amazon came under fire after Nets star, Kyrie Irving tweeted a link to a movie widely deemed to be anti-Semitic.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The movie, \u201cHebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,\u201d\u00a0was available for purchase on Amazon\u2019s Prime Video\u00a0service as of Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The film, which is based on a 2015 book of the same title,\u00a0promotes anti-Semitic tropes and bogus claims, including one which says the Black Hebrew Israelite community are the true descendants of biblical Israelites.<\/p>\n<p>The movie also alleges a global Jewish conspiracy to oppress black people and that Jews were partially to blame for the African slave trade.<\/p>\n<p>Irving, the Nets\u2019 mercurial star, took to Twitter and posted a link to the film. After <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> reports highlighted the anti-Semitic content in the movie, Nets owner Joe Tsai released a statement condemning Irving for the tweet.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-140.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The documentary film, \u201cHebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,\u201d is laced with anti-Semitic tropes.\" class=\"wp-image-25357991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-140.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-140.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/amazon-nazi-140.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The documentary film, \u201cHebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,\u201d is laced with anti-Semitisism.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Irving refused to renounce the film and its anti-Semitic claims, he was suspended for several games by the Nets, who came under pressure from the Anti-Defamation League and other groups who demanded disciplinary measures. <\/p>\n<p>Irvin eventually apologized and was reinstated by the team.<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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