Offensive material policy

Allowed

• Items and media related to natural disasters or human tragedies that have substantial social, artistic, or political value:

  • Newspaper clippings

  • Documentaries

  • Books on the tragedy or disaster

  • Photos of the devastation of a tragedy or disaster

  • Commemorative photos, paintings, or works of art

• Charity websites or charity listings set up to benefit the victims of a disaster or tragic event

Not allowed

Listings or products that graphically portray, glorify, or attempt to profit from human tragedy or suffering, or that are insensitive to victims of such events.

Not allowed

Items promoting or commemorating other groups with views of hatred, violence, racial, religious, or sexual intolerance (such as the Aryan Brotherhood and Neo-Nazi groups)

Allowed

• Violent felon items more than 100 years old, such as items related to Jack the Ripper

• Books, documentaries and Hollywood-style movies about violent crimes

Not allowed

• Personal belongings of anyone convicted of a violent felony or any work, such as a book, from which they might profit

• Letters or artwork created by serial killers or violent felons

• Novelty items related to or glorifying violent felons

• Items from notorious crime scenes

• Items promoting violence against an individual, including convicted criminals

Allowed

• Stamps, letters, and envelopes displaying Nazi postmarks (must comply with the currency and stamp policy)

• Currency issued by the Nazi German government, including military scripts

• Historically accurate WWII military model kits that have Nazi symbols

Not allowed

Items that are not permitted include, but are not limited to:

• Historical Holocaust-related items, including reproductions such as:

  • Uniforms and personal belongings of concentration camp prisoners

  • Jewish identification (armbands, Star of David)

  • Holocaust photos that depict dead bodies, executions, or other violent or degrading scenes

  • Nazi-issued documents (passports, travel papers)

• Historical Nazi-related items, including reproductions such as:

  • Uniforms, uniform components, weapons, or other items that bear Nazi symbols, whether visible or covered

  • Listings in which images are edited or cropped to try and hide Nazi symbols

  • Denazified items (items that originally had Nazi symbols that have been removed)

  • 1936 Olympic medals

  • Items that were owned by, affiliated with, or books written by Nazi leaders such as:

    • Joseph Goebbels

    • Hermann Goering

    • Rudolf Hess

    • Reinhard Heydrich

    • Heinrich Himmler

    • Adolf Hitler

• Media identified as Nazi propaganda or that otherwise promote hatred or racial supremacy including historic and current items

Allowed

• Items of historical importance associated with acts of violence against public figures

• Documentaries and Hollywood-style horror movies, even if they have graphic, violent subject matter

Not allowed

Items not permitted to be listed include, but not are not limited to:

• Any item that glorifies or promotes violence toward humans or animals

• Execution or torture-related media or devices

• Explicit crime scene or morgue media

Allowed in some situations

• Art and media listings (such as books and music) where the offensive word or phrase is part of the title of the work. These items must be listed in the correct category.

• The term Negro is OK unless it's used in a derogatory or offensive way.

• Actual Black Americana items listed in the appropriate category

• Reproductions of Black Americana items can't include racially offensive words in the title or description and can only be listed in the Collectibles > Culture & Ethnicities > Black Americana > Reproductions category.

• Images of items that contain offensive terms can be listed if it is part of the actual name of the item but the term cannot be in the title or description of the listing.

• Authentic or vintage items must clearly state authenticity within the listing

Not allowed

• Racial slurs

• Items  promoting or marketing intolerance toward religion, sexual orientation, race, or ethnic background

• Slavery items, including reproductions, such as tags, shackles, documents, bills of sale, etc.

• Confederate battle flag and related items with its image