Amazon said the company is now implementing "corrective
training" to clarify what kind of religious material is acceptable.
Employees from e-commerce giant Amazon have been
"mistakenly" taking down ads with religious content that has
negatively affected the sale of products from some small sellers.
Multiple sellers have seen their product ads getting
suspended in recent months for having religious content. These sellers were
told through email that their ads were getting blocked due to a "new
policy update" at Amazon which bans any ad that contains "religious
content", CNBC reported on Saturday,
Explaining itself on the subject, Amazon said the company is
now implementing "corrective training" to clarify what kind of
religious material is acceptable.
"Products related to a specific religion are not
allowed to be advertised. The email viewed contains inaccurate information and
our long standing policies have not changed. Corrective training is being
provided to the relevant teams," the report quoted an Amazon spokesperson
as saying.
It remains unclear how so many workers collectively
misunderstood what the company implied in its policies.
Amazon's ad policies bar ads that "advocate or
demean" a religion, but that does not preclude selling religious material
in the first place, Engadget reported.
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