Internal message: Shopify's general council said the company closed Ye's store since the swastika shirt listed for sale “brought with it the real risk of fraud”
TORONTO — Shopify's general counsel said the company took down musician Kanye West's online store because of the potential …
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Discussion
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
on bluesky
Kinda wild that Shopify shut down Ye's store because they thought he wasn't going to sell the shirts, not because he was selling them.
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@purplechrain
Alex
on bluesky
Shopify: Selling Nazi Paraphernalia Isn't a Dealbreaker, But Not Being Serious About Maximizing Profits From Your Sales of Nazi Paraphernalia Is
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@davidreevely
David Reevely
on bluesky
Shopify's problem with Kanye West's store isn't that he IS selling a T-shirt with a big swastika on it, according to internal communications obtained by colleagues @jtemperton.bsky.social — and @muradhem.bsky.social. Shopify's problem is that he might NOT be. — thelogic.co/n…
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@parismarx.com
Paris Marx
on bluesky
It turns out Shopify didn't object to Kanye West selling a swastika t-shirt, they were just concerned it was a stunt and not an actual commercial sale, so he might not actually ship the shirt to customers.
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@dkmunro
Daniel Munro
on bluesky
Shopify only supports “authentic” swastikas, apparently. — Come on, Shopify. What exactly is the angle on allowing this shit? What minuscule constituency do you think you might lose if you act like decent human beings? [embedded post]
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@jtemperton
James Temperton
on bluesky
Scoop: In a leaked internal message, Shopify's general counsel said risk of fraud, not Nazi swastika, was the reason for taking down Kanye West's online store. — “This wasn't real commerce - it was a stunt, not a good faith attempt to make money,” the message reads. — thelogi…
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@jamespmcleod.ca
James McLeod
on bluesky
The woke mob still has a bit of juice. thelogic.co/news/shopify...
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r/popculture
r
on reddit
Ye website down after selling swastika shirts, ecommerce platform says site violated terms | Shopify said in a statement …