{"id":190430,"date":"2021-03-04T18:15:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T23:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=190430"},"modified":"2021-03-04T18:15:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T23:15:14","slug":"auction-site-ebay-confirms-it-is-monitoring-for-illicit-dr-seuss-book-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/auction-site-ebay-confirms-it-is-monitoring-for-illicit-dr-seuss-book-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Auction Site eBay Confirms It Is \u2018Monitoring\u2019 For Illicit Dr. Seuss Book Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fauction-site-ebay-confirms-it-is-monitoring-for-illicit-dr-seuss-book-sales%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=190430&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1285792733.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Internet auction site eBay confirmed, Thursday, that it is scouring its open auctions for six \u201ccanceled\u201d Dr. Seuss titles, reviewing seller profiles, and removing the listings, which the site claims violate its \u201coffensive materials policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday morning, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/now-its-ebay-website-reportedly-bans-sale-of-some-dr-seuss-books\">the Daily Wire reported that eBay sellers<\/a> who had listed copies of six Dr. Seuss titles marked at \u201cracist\u201d and \u201coffensive\u201d and removed from publication by Dr. Seuss Enterprises \u2014 \u201cAnd to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street\u201d; \u201cIf I Ran the Zoo\u201d; \u201cMcElligot\u2019s Pool\u201d; \u201cOn Beyond Zebra!\u201d; \u201cScrambled Eggs Super!\u201d and \u201cThe Cat\u2019s Quizzer\u201d \u2014 were receiving messages that they were no longer allowed to sell the books.<\/p>\n<p>According to an eBay seller who received a message from the auction site\u2019s standards and practices department about a removed listing, eBay is taking down the Dr. Seuss auctions because they violate the company\u2019s \u201coffensive materials policy\u201d which bans the sale of items that \u201cpromote or glorify hatred, violence, or discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>We had to remove your listing because it didn\u2019t follow our Offensive material policy. Listings that promote or glorify hatred, violence, or discrimination aren\u2019t allowed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>What activity didn\u2019t follow the policy[:]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Dr. Seuss Enterprises has stopped the publication of this book due to its negative portrayal of some ethnicities. As a courtesy, we have ended your item and refunded your selling fees, and as long as you do not relist the item, there will be no negative impact to your account. Please review our Offensive Materials Policy prohibits this item for more information.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>What you need to do next.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You can\u2019t relist items we\u2019ve ended. Please ensure your current and future listings follow this policy.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u201coffensive materials\u201d policy states that:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<em>Listings that promote, perpetuate or glorify hatred, violence, or discrimination, including on the grounds of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender or sexual orientation, aren\u2019t allowed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Among those banned items, are \u201c[i]tems with racist, anti-Semitic, or otherwise demeaning portrayals, for example through caricatures or other exaggerated features, including figurines, cartoons, housewares, historical advertisements, and golliwogs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday afternoon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/dr-seuss-books-deemed-offensive-will-be-delisted-from-ebay-11614884201?adobe_mc=MCMID%3D91119413815751680011169279721662192294%7CMCORGID%3DCB68E4BA55144CAA0A4C98A5%2540AdobeOrg%7CTS%3D1614898173\">the company confirmed to the Wall Street Journal<\/a> that they were taking action to remove the offending Dr. Seuss titles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnline marketplace eBay Inc. said it is working to prevent the resale of six Dr. Seuss books that were pulled earlier this week by the company in charge of the late author\u2019s works because they contain offensive imagery,\u201d the WSJ noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201ceBay is currently sweeping our marketplace to remove these items,\u201d a spokeswoman for the company reportedly told the outlet in an email.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHundreds of listings for the six books could be found on the platform as of Thursday morning, though the number appeared to be lower than it was on Wednesday evening,\u201d the WSJ noted. \u201cThe eBay spokeswoman said it would take some time to review seller listings and that the company was monitoring newly published listings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the Daily Wire pointed out earlier Thursday, the site still has copies of Adolf Hitler\u2019s manifesto, \u201cMein Kampf\u201d for sale, though the book clearly runs afoul of the site\u2019s offensive materials policy. There is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/Rare-VHS-Tape-Dazzling-Disney-Movie-1989-Song-of-The-South-and-Bambi-Collection\/313441335281?hash=item48fa8f37f1:g:TqkAAOSwPPZgQCGv\">a listing for a copy of Disney\u2019s \u201cSong of the South<\/a>,\u201d an early animated feature that the company has largely pulled from publication over concerns similar to those of Dr. Seuss Enterprises.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internet auction site eBay confirmed, Thursday, that it is scouring its open auctions for six \u201ccanceled\u201d Dr. Seuss titles, reviewing seller profiles, and removing the listings, which the site claims &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274805,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1285792733.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Auction Site eBay Confirms It Is \u2018Monitoring\u2019 For Illicit Dr. Seuss Book Sales","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1285792733.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Auction Site eBay Confirms It Is \u2018Monitoring\u2019 For Illicit Dr. Seuss Book Sales","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}