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What does it mean to "promote child exploitation"? When it's figurines that have been sold for years but now violate Amazon's statutes about promoting child exploitation which resulted in listings being removed. Chuck Gaffney has run a successful Amazon store for years selling anime-related products, up until recently when Amazon started cracking down on anything that could be perceived as "promoting child exploitation".
While it can be difficult for online retailers to represent themselves as selling genuine merchandise — meaning reputation means a lot — this type of behavior from the market owner is very discouraging. In response, the seller blames a "neopuritan crusade" against anime figures.
The characters at the center of this disagreement are: Hatsune Miku and KaitÅ Tenshi Twin Angel.
It's a wonder that anything anime-related survives importation to the US from Japan.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 09 2020, @11:50PM
...have you been to a mall in the last 25 years?
Universally, the pushback I see against anime stuff is "this is foreign and icky". Emphasis on "this is foreign".
Bonus points when the actual material in question is nowhere near pornographic (or even better, the characters are of-age in the work and portrayed as of-age -- none of that "she looks 9 but is actually 1000" shit).