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As Amazon, eBay remove Confederate flags, Nazi items on sale

June 25, 2015 creative amazon, analysts-said, ask-questions, bans-the-sale, difficulty, late-afternoon, over-the-media, peace, press, prime-minister, trafficking, united-states, usa

By Mari Saito SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc and eBay Inc sharply cut the number of Confederate flag products on their sites a day after vowing to remove them, but in a sign of the difficulty of removing controversial content, Nazi-era memorabilia are listed on both sites. EBay specifically bans their sale while Amazon bans the sale of “products that promote or glorify hatred, violence, racial, sexual or religious intolerance or promote organizations with such views.” It is difficult to enforce a complete ban on controversial products, analysts said, because of technological hurdles in flagging and pulling down banned items. Amazon, which on Tuesday had listed nearly 30,000 items in a search for “Confederate flag”, had almost nothing for sale with the flag late afternoon Wednesday

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Internet firms should brief U.N. on tackling extremists: experts

June 24, 2015 creative alexander-evans, bans-the-sale, difficulty, ideology, ideology-online, peace, recommendations, social, united-nations

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Key Internet and social media companies should brief a United Nations Security Council sanctions committee on their efforts to stop al Qaeda, Islamic State and other extremist militants spreading their ideology online, U.N. experts said. Alexander Evans, coordinator of the team of experts, said such a briefing could stimulate a conversation among the 15-committee members on whether U.N