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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;vitry-le-francois, post: 4003003, member: 100&quot;]As many are aware, 6 books by Dr. Seuss will no longer be published because they may contain offensive material.</p><p><br /></p><p>This has lead to a stampede of Dr. Seuss books being sold on eBay. Many of these 6 books have sold for thousands of dollars each. No more! </p><p><br /></p><p>eBay will no longer allow those six books to be sold on their platform. Citing &quot;Listings that promote, perpetuate, or glorify hatred, violence, or discrimination, including on the grounds of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, aren’t allowed&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is the full message: </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>We had to remove your listing because it didn’t follow our Offensive material policy. Listings that promote or glorify hatred, violence, or discrimination aren’t allowed.</b></font></p><p>What activity didn&#039;t follow the policy</p><p>Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced that it has stopped publishing six books due to their negative portrayal of some ethnicities. We have a consistent standard of removing items if the manufacturer deems them offensive. We&#039;re currently sweeping our marketplace to remove these items. It can take some time to review all existing listings and provide education to impacted users.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you need to do next</p><p>You can&#039;t relist items we&#039;ve ended. Please ensure your current and future listings follow this policy.</p><p><br /></p><p>What is the policy</p><p>- Listings that promote, perpetuate, or glorify hatred, violence, or discrimination, including on the grounds of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, aren’t allowed. This includes, but isn&#039;t limited to, the following:</p><p>-- Slurs or epithets of any kind</p><p>-- Items, including figurines, cartoons, housewares, historical advertisements, and golliwogs with racist, anti-Semitic, or otherwise demeaning portrayals, for example through caricatures or other exaggerated features</p><p>-- Black Americana items that are discriminatory</p><p>-- Slavery items, including reproductions, such as tags, shackles, documents, bills of sale, etc.</p><p>-- Confederate battle flag and related items with its image</p><p>-- Historical Holocaust-related items, including reproductions</p><p>-- Any item that is anti-Semitic or any item from after 1933 that bears a swastika</p><p>-- Media identified as Nazi propaganda</p><p>-- Listings that imply or promote support of, membership in, or funding of a terrorist organization</p><p>- When offering shipping to other countries, make sure to first check our <a href="https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/international-trading-policy?id=4338" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/international-trading-policy?id=4338" rel="nofollow">International trading policy</a> to verify that your item is allowed</p><p><br /></p><p>How this affects your account</p><p>Because you may not have been aware of this policy, we&#039;re sending this notice to educate you about it and ask that you follow this policy in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>- Listings that didn&#039;t follow this policy have been ended. </p><p>- We have credited all associated fees except for payments processing fees and the final value fee for your listing(s). </p><p><br /></p><p>Listings that don&#039;t follow this policy in the future will be ended.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why we have this policy</p><p>This policy helps ensure that our marketplace promotes trust and respect, and follows&nbsp; government regulations.</p><p><br /></p><p>More information and help</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/offensive-materials-policy?id=4324" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/offensive-materials-policy?id=4324" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/offensive-materials-policy?id=4324</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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