"State of play: One T-shirt featured the word "Jews" in bold red lettering above a picture of large nose in an ocean barreling up toward the water's surface - like a shark - with a dollar bill floating in the water. Another featured characters in Nazi uniforms that resembled those from the "Minecraft" video game with the word "Neinkraft" underneath. Zoom in: The T-shirts, viewed by Axios on TikTok Shop before they were pulled, were available for at least a week."
"The accounts selling those items are still listed as active on TikTok Shop. A TikTok spokesperson clarified that accounts that violate certain policies aren't always automatically banned but rather receive strikes. They noted that TikTok does take active measures to remove potentially hateful or harmful goods from TikTok Shop, having rejected more than 50 million listings for potential policy violations between June and December 2024."
"Zoom out: TikTok is under enormous pressure to prove it can comply with U.S. safety and security laws. President Trump on Tuesday again postponed the implementation of a law that bans the app. What to watch: The Trump administration said yesterday the U.S. and China had reached a framework for a deal to sell the app to an American tech giant, which would keep the app up and running in the U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday morning that the president's willingness to let TikTok go dark in the U.S. pushed China to make a deal. The deal would seea group of U.S. investors"
Several T-shirts with antisemitic and Nazi-themed imagery appeared on TikTok Shop and were visible for about a week before removal. The selling accounts remain listed as active on TikTok Shop, and TikTok said policy violators receive strikes rather than automatic bans. TikTok reported rejecting more than 50 million listings for potential policy violations between June and December 2024. Other marketplaces face similar moderation challenges, including controversies on Amazon and an accidental promotion on Substack. TikTok faces mounting pressure to meet U.S. safety and security requirements amid talks of a U.S.-led sale framework.
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