--- title: "Shopify Allowing Sale of Holocaust Denial Merch" description: "Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify is defending the right of its clients to sell antisemitic, Holocaust-denying merchandise." date: "2024-11-20" modified: "2024-11-20" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/shopify-allowing-sale-holocaust-denial-merch" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "holocaust" - "propaganda" - "shopify" - "the digest" --- # Shopify Allowing Sale of Holocaust Denial Merch ![Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify is defending the right of its clients to sell antisemitic, Holocaust-denying merchandise.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## Death Merch Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify is defending the right of its clients to sell antisemitic, Holocaust-denying merchandise on its platform. As [*Bloomberg* reports](), a store identified by the Anti-Defamation League is selling anti-Jewish propaganda, including parodies of the likeness of Anne Frank. Naturally, the store is marketing the problematic wares on Elon Musk's X-formerly-Twitter, a place that has become the de facto online forum for hate speech and disinformation. The seller fired back, arguing in an email to *Bloomberg* that "Free speech is our inalienable right and extends to what we wear." But Shopify maintained an icy silence in response to multiple requests for comment. In other words, the company seems glad to take a cut from sales of fascist propaganda. ## Fuel Meet Fire Complicating matters, Canada [outlawed Holocaust denial in 2022](), with Montreal Holocaust Museum spokeswoman Sarah Fogg telling the outlet that the merchandise "would absolutely consist of Holocaust distortion and denial." It's already a highly precarious situation with Israel's attacks on Gaza, deemed by many as a full-blown [genocide](), [triggering a global]() "wave of antisemitism" — even against Jewish people with no connection to Isreal. It's yet another sign that tech giants are retreating from the moderation of disinformation and hate speech. Remember when Facebook owner Meta used to [pretend it cared about content moderation]()? Seemingly emboldened by self-anointed "free-speech absolutist" Elon Musk — who has made plenty of [deeply troubling, racist remarks himself]() while [disseminating propaganda]() — companies are happily pursuing their capitalist agendas by enabling the spread of misinformation online. And now that Musk's long-lost father figure and president-elect Donald Trump is returning to the White House, the situation could soon look a lot worse. **More on propaganda:** *[Gullible Elon Musk Got Fooled Into Sharing Putin-Backed Propaganda Meme]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()