eBay recently announced a new policy restricting the sale of “Adult items” on its online marketplace. This policy, which was announced via email to sellers who have listed or are currently listing items that fall into the adult category, means a ban on most nudes, fetishwear, sexually explicit films, video games, and magazines, as well as hentai, some sex toys, and “other.” eBay explained the decision: “We want to make adult items available to those who wish to purchase them and can do so legally, while preventing those who do not wish to view or purchase these items from easily accessing them.”
Many are pointing out the vague, seemingly arbitrary rules—for example, adult magazines are banned except for Playboy, Playgirl, Penthouse, and Mayfair, for reasons the policy does not bother to explain. Nude art and photography is not entirely banned, but any listed nude art cannot “contain sexually suggestive poses or sexual acts.” There’s also a ban on “modeled clothing that is see-through or very tight and shows human genitalia, the anus, or the nipple/areola of female breasts.”
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