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Shopify says Kanye West's site was removed over fraud potential â not Swastika T-shirt
Shopify has said that Kanye West's website was taken down due to the potential for fraud, not because it was selling a Nazi T-shirt.
Shopify has said that Kanye Westâs website was taken down due to the potential for fraud â not because it was selling a Swastika T-shirt.
Thatâs according to a leaked internal staff announcement from the Canadian multinational e-commerce company, which was obtained by The Logic. The message is said to have been sent by general counsel Jess Hertz via Shopifyâs Slack account.
AdvertisementIn it, Hertz said the swastika-emblazoned T-shirt listed for sale by West on his Yeezy store was âa stuntâ and ânot a good faith attempt to make moneyâ. She added that the move âbrought with it the real risk of fraudâ, with this being the main reason that the store was subsequently shut down.
Following the removal of the site, Shopify spokesperson Caty Gray said in a public statement that it had closed the Yeezy online shop because the âmerchant did not engage in authentic commerce practicesâ. She explained that this was a violation of the companyâs terms.
Hertz provided more information in the leaked message. Despite citing the fraud risk as the reason for the closure, she did hit out at Westâs swastika T-shirt â calling it âvile, disgusting and inexcusableâ. She added that âeveryone agrees with thatâ.
However, Hertz wrote that this opinion did not factor into Shopifyâs decision to remove Westâs website. âOpinion doesnât factor in here,â she explained. âWhat matters is our terms of service.â
RecommendedHertz said Shopifyâs focus on its terms, acceptable use policy and other policies meant it could âremove as much subjectivity as possibleâ when making decisions about moderating its content.
But according to a source, numerous Jewish employees at Shopify felt uncomfortable and unsafe that the firm had kept the store online for so long, with the T-shirt being available to buy. This is said to have been raised by one staff member on the companyâs Slack channel.
Hertzâs internal statement acknowledged that Shopify âdid take time to come to this outcomeâ, but explained that âreactive termination of a store is never good for our ecosystemâ.
The white T-shirt displayed a large black swastika on the chest, and was listed as âHH-01â â a possible reference to the âHeil Hitlerâ chant that would accompany Nazi gestures. It was priced at $20.
AdvertisementThe Yeezy.com website currently displays an error screen, along with the message: âThis store is unavailable.â West purchased a Super Bowl advert last Sunday (February 9) to direct people to the site.
Shopify does not pre-screen items listed via its platform. However, the companyâs policy on acceptable use states that merchants canât do anything illegal and âcanât call for, or threaten, violence against specific people or groupsâ.
Kanye West. CREDIT: Scott Dudelson/GettyThe Yeezy website used technology from Shopify such as its Shop Pay checkout function. This earns the company a fee when a customer completes a transaction with the online store.
Additionally, Shopify reported its fourth-quarter earnings on Tuesday (February 11) â revealing $2.81billion in revenue in the fourth quarter (up 31.2 per cent year on year). Shopify president Harley Finkelstein did not answer a question relating to Yeezy.COM on the earnings call.
West has recently posted a series of anti-Semitic tweets, saying that he âloves Hitlerâ and declaring himself to be âa Naziâ. His X/Twitter account has since been deactivated following the bizarre and highly controversial rants. He has also been dropped by his talent agency.
The rapperâs outbursts also saw him withdraw his apology to the Jewish community for past anti-Semitic comments.
Following his previous remarks, West lost brand deals with Balenciaga, Adidas and Gap, and had his honorary degree from The School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago rescinded. Adidas later donated the proceeds from remaining stocks of Westâs Yeezy shoes to organisations fighting anti-Semitism.
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