LONDON (Brand Republic) – Yahoo! is set to ban the sale of Nazi memorabilia from its online auction sites.
Starting next week, the company will use software to screen items for sale on its auction sites. As well as Nazi memorabilia, the company will also ban anything that promotes other hate groups, such as the Klu Klux Klan in the US.
A spokesman for Yahoo! denied the move was in response to a recent ruling in a French court forbidding Yahoo! to allow French users to access sites selling Nazi memorabilia. The company is appealing against this decision.
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