The company has a rule against selling items that support groups promoting hate or violence, but it allows Libs of TikTok to sell anti-LGBTQ merch.
email statement, a Shopify spokesperson told Gizmodo that Libs of TikTok’s account “is not currently in violation of Shopify’s Acceptable Use Policy” further arguing “We host businesses of all stripes and sizes, with various worldviews.” The companyconducted an “investigation” that showed the hate group was not in violation of Shopify’s AUP.also ignoring how dangerous events have become for gay and trans communities.
“By allowing [Libs of TikTok] to sell merchandise with anti-LGBTQ slurs and false degrading rhetoric, Shopify is failing to enforce its own acceptable use policy, which prohibits rhetoric that promotes hate against LGBTQ people. And the company is even profiting off of [the group’s] hate.”But it’s not just online advocates who have noticed how staunchly Shopify is standing behind the group running Libs of Tiktok.
. Toster has also called out Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke’s on Twitter. Lütke seems to be digging his fingers deeper into his ears, as some advocates have reported that Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke’s TwitterNandini Jammi, a co-founder of has been one of the digital adtech watchdog group CheckMyAds has been at the forefront of the campaign against Spotify. In an email to Gizmodo, Jammi called out Lütke personally for not “operating on principles, but on personal feelings.
“For years, Tobi has been undermining the very real safety concerns of his own employees and the processes they’ve put in place at the company,” Jammi said. “While he advocates free speech, he seems to ban accounts whenever it becomes politically inconvenient for him personally . I’m not sure how much longer he can keep this going. Tobi’s handling of this issue is going to sink morale at the company, if it hasn’t already.”circles as prominent as Fox News.
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