On Thursday afternoon it appeared that "The Turner Diaries" was no longer available on eBay. When asked, the spokeswoman said these two books also fell in the "offensive material" category and would be removed. Plenty of controversial items - including Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" and "The Turner Diaries," a novel popular with white-supremacist groups - were available on eBay as of Wednesday evening.
"As a courtesy, we have ended your item and refunded your selling fees, and as long as you do not relist the item, there will be no negative impact to your account." Seuss Enterprises has stopped publication of this book due to its negative portrayal of some ethnicities," said the email message from eBay, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Later that day, she said, she received an email from eBay explaining that "On Beyond Zebra!" had been removed from sale because it violated eBay's "offensive material policy." The second title was pulled Thursday morning, she said. Seuss's publishing interests and ancillary areas, Tuesday said it had decided that six of the famed author's books - "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" "If I Ran the Zoo" "McElligot's Pool" "On Beyond Zebra!" "Scrambled Eggs Super!" and "The Cat's Quizzer" - would no longer be published because they "portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong."Īfter the announcement, one woman said she listed two titles, "On Beyond Zebra!" and "McElligot's Pool," for sale on eBay on Wednesday. At the same time, others contend the platforms aren't doing enough to police inappropriate content.ĭr. The move made by eBay comes at a time when there is rising concern, especially in conservative quarters, about how major tech platforms decide which content is acceptable. Retailers frequently make decisions to remove products from their platforms for a variety of reasons. The eBay spokeswoman said that it would take some time to review seller listings and that the company was monitoring newly published listings.
Hundreds of listings for the six books could be found on the platform as of Thursday morning, though the number appeared to be lower than it was on Wednesday evening.
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