Shopify Blacklists Trump Webstore
7 Jan 2021
E-commerce store provider Shopify has reportedly banned the store run by the Trump campaign and Trump organization, TrumpStore.com
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Wall Street Journal reports that the e-commerce platform Shopify has banned TrumpStore.com, a website run by the Trump campaign and Trump Organization. The removal appears to be in response to the events in Washington D.C. this week.
TrumpStore.com and the Trump campaign’s Shop.DonaldJTrump.com, which sold Make America Great Again hats and other Trump-related merchandise, were both offline today following the events at Capitol Hill.
Shopify said in a statement: “Shopify does not tolerate actions that incite violence. Based on recent events, we have determined that the actions by President Donald J. Trump violate our Acceptable Use Policy, which prohibits promotion or support of organizations, platforms or people that threaten or condone violence to further a cause. As a result, we have termin
Shopify terminates stores affiliated with Trump
Shopify has taken down online stores run by the Trump Organization and Trump campaign following the riot held Wednesday at the United States Capitol.
The move was made Thursday, with both TrumpStore.com and shop.donaldjtrump.com showing error messages. The stores sold official Trump-branded apparel and other merchandise.
“Shopify does not tolerate actions that incite violence.”
First to report the move, The Wall Street Journal noted the sites were taken down after Shopify’s trust and safety team, which monitors the platform, decided Trump’s comments on Wednesday violated its policy.
“Shopify does not tolerate actions that incite violence,” a Shopify spokesperson told BetaKit. “Based on recent events, we have determined that the actions by President Donald J. Trump violate our Acceptable Use Policy, which prohibits promotion or support of organizations, platforms or people that threaten or condone vio
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