Amazon, Google and Wish have removed neo-Nazi and white-supremacist products being sold on their platforms following an investigation by BBC Click.<\/p>\n
White-supremacist flags, neo-Nazi books and Ku Klux Klan merchandise were all available for sale.<\/p>\n
Algorithms on Amazon and Wish also recommended other white-supremacist items.<\/p>\n
All three companies told the BBC that racist products were prohibited on their platforms.<\/p>\n
Oren Segal from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an anti-hate organisation, said the companies needed to “constantly be on top of what the algorithm is recommending”.<\/p>\n
He said algorithms had to be “taught to be responsible”.<\/p>\n
One of the items found for sale on Amazon was a white-supremacist flag featuring a Celtic Cross.<\/p>\n
The ADL said the image featured on the flag was “one of the most common white-supremacist symbols”<\/p>\n
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A white supremacist flag was sold on Amazon<\/p>\n
One shopper had left a “review” of the product in June, stating: “This is a neo-Nazi flag. Amazon should not be profiting from this.”<\/p>\n
However, another reviewer said the flag would be “good for use in parades” and thanked Amazon for “making it happen”.<\/p>\n
Amazon’s algorithms recommended another controversial flag that shoppers had “frequently bought together”.<\/p>\n
Both symbols were worn by the Christchurch gunman when he killed 51 people in 2019.<\/p>\n
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Amazon recommended more controversial material<\/p>\n
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The Christchurch shooter wore white-supremacist symbols on his vest<\/p>\n
Other products featuring a burning rainbow flag, similar to the one used by the LGBT community, were also found on Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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