A shop named “sexoffender” has been on Etsy since 2009. It’s clearly wrong to have a store with this name. Etsy is not taking the store down. Please please please report this store to Etsy. If enough people complain, then hopefully, they will take the store down.
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HOW TO REPORT THIS STORE:
- Go to: http://www.etsy.com/shop/sexoffender
- Click on the link “Report this shop to Etsy”
- In the drop-down menu, select “Username or avatar have mature, profane or racist content
- In the text box it says, “Type a brief note if you’d like…” In this box, I suggest telling Etsy that this store is in violation of 5.7 of their Terms of Use.
- Click Submit.
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ETSY SAYS SEXOFFENDER IS OK
It’s shocking that Etsy thinks having a sexoffender on their website is ok. On the Etsy bulletin board today an Etsy admin said:
Please avoid discussing specific sellers in the Forums in less than positive lights. It is not ours to police anything other than our terms of use, we do not moderate content based on taste (or lack thereof).
If you find any items on the site that are not in keeping with our Terms of Use, please flag them for review. Thanks.
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6609014&page=11
(Those are the words of an Etsy admin.)
Sexoffender is not just a lack of taste it is obscene. Sex offenders are obscene. It Etsy thinks sex offenders are not obscene, then they welcome sex offenders on their website. It’s a clear violation of #5.7 in Etsy’s own Terms of Use.
5. Prohibited, Questionable and Infringing Items and Activities
Restricted Activities: Your Content and your use of Etsy shall not:
(7) Be obscene or contain child pornography
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PLEASE REPORT THIS STORE
Please help set Etsy straight and report this store.
I hesistated in giving out the link to the store, because I do not wish to promote it in any way. But the store must be reported. I used to love Etsy. I really hate seeing that Etsy has allowed this store to remain online for this long. It really makes me question if ever want to use Etsy again. If Etsy gets enough feedback, they should start thinking clearly and take this violation down.
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