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Amazon Flags Anime Figurines as Promoting Child Exploitation, Orders Seller to Remove Listings

posted by martyb on Monday March 09 2020, @08:01PM   Printer-friendly
from the You-say-tomato-they-say-promoting-child-exploitation dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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 Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel.

It's a wonder that anything anime-related survives importation to the US from Japan.

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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by darkfeline on Tuesday March 10 2020, @02:50AM (1 child)

    by darkfeline (1030) on Tuesday March 10 2020, @02:50AM (#968866) Homepage

    Maid cafes are about the service, which is generally not sexual, since that would be illegal. I know service as a concept is foreign to Americans, but good service doesn't mean blowjobs, it means a smile and conversation, even if some of the patrons may be a little socially awkward (and only some; believe it or not people with social anxiety are deathly afraid of public areas like cafes).

    The fact that you seem to be so eager to vilify sexual exploitation where there is none says more about your own subconscious insecurities than Japan's.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 10 2020, @07:08PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 10 2020, @07:08PM (#969223)

    FWIW there are also butler cafes:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtR7m-Fl-F0 [youtube.com]
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juBjI5P5cMI [youtube.com]

    As for sex related jobs, if they're adults, it's consensual and they're not tricked into it, then how more exploitative is it compared to some minimum wage job?

    All I'd say to people thinking about such work -
    1) Do you ever plan to have kids? Would you be fine with them and their friends finding out? How about the other people you know?
    2) Don't undercharge.

    BTW even in non-sex related jobs many people have to do things they don't like and work with people/customers they don't like or even find disgusting. Does that mean they're being exploited?

    p.s. Plenty of robot and human exploitation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHRh8HNOC14 [youtube.com] ;)