eBay and Shopify pull listings on Jeffrey Epstein-inspired merch
T-shirts and other merchandise inspired by convicted sex criminal and financier Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide are challenging online platforms’ moderation policies. Some eBay listings, which were live as recently as this morning, depicted a painting Epstein reportedly kept in his home. Sellers listed shirts and mugs with prints of artist Petrina Ryan-Kleid’s Bill Clinton painting, in which Clinton wears a blue dress and red heels that’s vaguely reminiscent of the outfit Monica Lewinsky wore during an encounter with the former president.
eBay told The Verge that it’s taken down multiple listings related to Epstein, largely as a result of its human tragedy policy. “eBay does not tolerate the sale of any item that seeks to profit from human...