Top 10 Banned Things On Amazon
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Top 10 Banned Things On Amazon
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This company may sell everything from A to Z, but that doesn't mean there aren't a few gaps along the way. Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we'll be counting down our picks for the Top 10 Banned Things On Amazon. For this list, we'll be ranking the items which, for one reason or another, have been banned for sale from Amazon.com. We'll also be including Amazon's international sites for the purpose of this list's criteria, such as Amazon U.K.
#10: Pronged Dog Collars
Training the family dog can be a challenging, but rewarding experience. It also shouldn't involve pain. This was the sentiment behind Amazon UK's decision to ban the sale of pronged dog collars. The idea behind these collars is to eliminate bad behavior from dogs through the use of painful prongs, but animal rights activists protested that the collars can actually make the animals more aggressive. As of 2018, pronged dog collars were still available for purchase on Amazon.com in the US, but time will tell as to whether or not the company will ban them from their American site as well.
#9: Hindu God Leggings
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The Yizzam company haas plenty of wild and wacky legging designs available for sale on Amazon.com. One pattern you won't find on the website, however, are Yizzam's Hindu God Leggings. That's because the President of the Universal Society of Hinduism wrote in a formal complaint to Amazon, asking that eleven different Hindu designs be removed. The complaint stated, in part, that Hindu gods and goddesses shouldn't be a part of workout attire that adorns a person's hips, butt, legs and crotch, on the grounds that it would be offensive.
#8: "I Love Hitler" T-Shirt
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It may seem hard to believe that anyone might want to wear a shirt emblazoned with this wildly offensive slogan, but there actually was, at one time, an "I Love Hitler" t-shirt available for purchase at Amazon.com. Of course, that was only until representatives from the World Jewish Congress got wind of this, and had them removed from sale. Yet, months later, the t-shirts strangely were listed once again on Amazon, and it took a prepared statement from the Congress to finally get them swiped from the website once and for all.
#7: Confederate Battle Flags
Today, it's nothing new to see more and more companies deciding to shun the sale of anything associated with the Confederacy. On June 23rd, 2015, Amazon joined other companies like Sears and Walmart in banning the Confederate flag and its likeness for sale from its websites, although a quick search can often come up with the occasional third party seller listing some sort of take on the controversial symbol. Unlike the Hitler slip up, Amazon for its part has remained proactive in removing Confederate flag listings from their sites when notified by its users.
#6: "Lady Boy" Costume
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There's always that one person who always goes too far at the Halloween party with a super offensive costume, but this one was controversial enough to get banned from Amazon UK. Orion Costumes had listed a “Lady Boy” costume for sale, consisting of a long wig, and a dress with a penis poking out of the front, while the ad's tagline suggested it was perfect for embarrassing those around you. Needless to say, the costume received a massive backlash not only from the LGBTQ+ community, but Amazon users from all walks of life, leading to its removal from the site in the Autumn of 2015.
#5: Whale Meat
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It's true that you can purchase a wide variety of food from Amazon.com, but not everything is up for grabs. Over a hundred products containing foie gras, or duck liver, were removed for sale from Amazon UK in 2013, on the grounds that ducks were being physically abused in the harvesting of this "delicacy." Meanwhile, a 2012 petition on Change.org led to the removal of whale, dolphin, and shark meat from Amazon in Japan, a decision which eventually led to the permanent removal of whale meat from Amazon worldwide.
#4: The Handgun iPhone Case
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Sure, not everyone might see the appeal behind an iPhone case shaped like a very realistic handgun, but that didn't stop Amazon.com from selling such an item on its website. The case was designed to hold the iPhone where the barrel would normally be on a pistol, but consumers, lawmakers and local authorities were not amused. Amazon eventually removed the handgun iPhone case, after Senator Chuck Schumer took up the issue, and pointed to a federal law banning such realistic looking fake weapons for sale.
#3: A Pedophile Guide
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The book selection on Amazon.com contains nearly every possible topic of discussion, yet not all of those subjects are exactly to everyone's taste. Case in point? "The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover's Code of Conduct." This e-book was met with outrage when it was listed on Amazon.com in 2010, and was removed under the growing roar of disapproval from critics and customers. Although Amazon defended its users first amendment rights, the uproar and backlash was so swift from this e-book that it was banned from sale.
#2:" RapeLay" (2006)
"RapeLay" was a rape simulation game released by the Japanese company Illusion Soft in April 2006. The game was initially only released in Japan, but received international infamy when it was revealed by a member of British Parliament that "RapeLay" was also available on the Amazon Marketplace, and was in violation of British Board of Film Classifications. Three years after its creation, Amazon removed the game from its website, after a piece in the Belfast Telegraph drew more negative attention to the game's shocking and extreme content.
#1: Cancer Cures
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It's an incredibly difficult job to regulate all of the millions of third party listings that pop up on Amazon.com on a daily basis. Perhaps this is why the company has chosen to ban the sale of any sort of "miracle drug" which makes any claims of "curing cancer." Although a quick search of Amazon does show a wide variety of books on subjects such as living with the disease or remedies for comfort, there is a strict ban on any sort of "magic pill" designed to prey upon people's fear and desperation
