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Shopify took down Kanye West ’s online store after the musician sell T - shirt with the Hakenkreuz symbol .
West , who also goes by Ye , advertize his online store in a Super Bowl commercial message on Sunday , head witness to his site , where the only detail number was the Hakenkreuz T - shirt .
Though Shopify remove a policy banning sellers from hosting “ mean message ” last class , the e - Commerce Department giant removed Ye ’s store on Tuesday , Day after the Super Bowl ad appeared . Shopify reportedly shuttered the storefront because of the potential for fraud , and not because it was sell a Nazi T - shirt , allot toan internal memo seen by The Logic , a Canadian tech issue .
“ All merchants are responsible for follow the rules of our political program . This merchandiser did not engage in reliable commercialism practices and violated our price so we dispatch them from Shopify , ” the troupe say TechCrunch in a statement .
Within the preceding week , Ye madeseveral antisemitic postson X , proudlyproclaimingthat he is a Nazi and does not “ wish or trust any Jewish somebody . ” He praised Adolf Hitler , thenwrote , “ I appreciate Elon for allowing me to ventilate ” before his story was delete .
TechCrunch asked X if Ye deleted the history himself or if it was delete by the platform ; X did not comment .
However , X has fix the case law that Holocaust defense , praise of Hitler , and support of Nazis are earmark on the platform . TechCrunch found an example of an disco biscuit creator with 200,000 follower who apply Shopify to sell products glorifying the Auschwitz dying inner circle and espousing Holocaust denialism .
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While Shopify remove Ye ’s swastika merch , the other antisemitic shop remain on the platform ; Shopify did not return TechCrunch ’s asking for comment on why that shop has been countenance to stay on .
Additional reporting from Maxwell Zeff .
