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Etsy sex toy ban sparks seller outrage

The platform says it's because of 'evolving' industry standards but sellers say they feel 'betrayed.'

"We carefully crafted this policy with the goal of continuing to enable creative expression and the spirit of our marketplace, while taking into account evolving industry standards," Etsy's Alice Wu Paulus wrote announcing the changes. But Anna suggested those concerns could be addressed by more clearly labelling and separating adult product listings on Esty, which she accused of "forsaking content-filtering tools in favour of blanket bans". Mike Stabile of the Free Speech Coalition - a campaign group that defends the rights of the adult industry - accused Etsy of rolling out "sweeping sitewide censorship" in a post on X.

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