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Rights groups say Amazon has come under attack again for allowing it to sell offensive products.
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SWC says it is neither the first time nor the second time it has accused the retail giant of Nazi propaganda.
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Amazon has since removed the item, but Gizmodo reports that other related items remain.
An international Jewish rights group has again accused retail giant Amazon of alleged Nazi-related content.
In a blog post on Thursday, the Simon Wiesenthal Center accused Amazon of “monetizing Nazi and neo-Nazi paraphernalia” on its website. I reached out via email and urged the company to “immediately implement a system to end monetization of hateful products.”
Human rights groups allege that Amazon allowed various companies to sell and sell items related to neo-Nazis, such as swastika necklaces and face masks. A screenshot was included.
Some of the items have been removed, but similar items are still listed on Amazon, reports technology news site Gizmodo.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Vice Dean and Director of Global Social Action at SWC, said in a statement:
He continued: “At a time when 63% of America’s religious-based hate crimes target American Jews, or 2.4% of the American population, blacks are once again the number one target of racial-based hate crimes. And Amazon should not use its business model to sell hate symbols and neo-Nazi paraphernalia.”
Cooper noted a letter SWC sent to Amazon in 2022 that featured 30 films the organization deemed Nazi propaganda on streaming platform Amazon Prime.
It wasn’t the first time the tech giant was accused of allegedly carrying anti-Semitic items. In 2019, Amazon removed Christmas decorations inspired by the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz, according to an Insider report.
In 2020, the company was accused of profiting from the sale of “malicious anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda” by the Auschwitz Memorial Museum, according to insider Charlie Wood.
According to Gizmodo, Cooper said, “It’s totally unacceptable for the biggest economic power on the block to play a game of whack-a-mole instead of fixing things.
Amazon did not immediately respond to an insider’s request for comment, but a representative told the New York Post of its policy regarding “potentially offensive products.”
“Our technology continuously scans all products listed for sale for text and images determined to violate our policies and removes them immediately.” Policy says.
“The area of potentially offensive products is nuanced and varied, and we review thousands of products against our policies every day to ensure compliance.”
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