(GeekWire Photo) Sellers around Amazon’s marketplace are peddling goods that promote bigotry and violence, according to a new report by two innovative advocacy groups that concentrate on issues like racial and economic justice. “third party sellers using our Marketplace service should follow our instructions and those who don’t are subject to accelerated action including possible removal of their accounts,” an Amazon spokesperson said. Amazon did not immediately respond to GeekWire’s questions about the procedure for identifying and eliminating objectionable content. As of Friday morning, a children’s publication identified by investigators as anti-refugee propaganda, several confederate flag products, a window sticker of a hangman’s”lynching noose,” and a onesie for infants depicting a burning cross proved still for sale on Amazon.com, among other items listed in the accounts. A Few of the items for sale on Amazon.com identified in this report. (Amazon Screenshots via ACRE)”Racist relatives can use Amazon to purchase products that help them expose their own kids to messages and symbols of hate, helping exude racist beliefs by a young age,” the report says. The report can also be critical of Amazon’s self-publishing resources for permitting musicians and writers to authenticate messages of bias. Some titles identified in the accounts, like”Truth, Justice, and a Nice White Country” were still available on Amazon.com as of Friday morning while others had been eliminated. The Washington Post reviewed the record before it had been published and verified that items out of R.A.C. Records, a vendor of racist music and goods, were still available on Amazon.com as of Thursday morning. Amazon is not the only tech firm facing criticism for facilitating the spread of hate speech and symbolism. It’s a issue plaguing Twitter, Facebook, and other big software companies that possess the capability to market voices across continents. ACRE and the Partnership for Working Families are calling on Amazon to create stronger policies together with help from experts who study hate movements and stop facilitating the sale of goods that promote regeneration. “Hate movements are resurgent in the U.S. and across the planet,” the report says. “Amazon has to take a public stand against violence and hate, and take action to ensure that it is not profiting from despise or empowering others to profit from hate.”
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