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ebay 'cracks down' on sellers earning with 'Jeffery Dahmer' inspired costumes

The leading e-commerce giant removes all the Jeffery Dahmer inspired clothes

By Web Desk
October 20, 2022
ebay cracks down on sellers earning with Jeffery Dahmer inspired costumes
ebay 'cracks down' on sellers earning with 'Jeffery Dahmer' inspired costumes 

In the wake of extreme backlash faced by the Netflix famed series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, eBay has also cracked down on sellers who are glorifying crime.

The leading e-commerce website has banned all sorts of costumes related to or inspired by Dahmer, an American serial killer who brutally murdered 17 men and boys in Milwaukee between the years 1978 until his arrest in 91.

A spokesperson from eBay told Entertainment Weekly, "I can confirm that these items are banned on eBay and are being removed under our 'Violence and Violent Criminal Policy.'"

"These items have been prohibited under the policy – this was not a new or recent decision." He added.

Per the policy, the vendors on eBay are not allowed to sell merchandise that either "promote or glorify violence towards humans or animals," including "films, images, or devices that contain or claim to contain real acts of violence, rape, execution, torture, crime scenes, morgues, dead bodies or body parts of dead persons."

The policy also extends to "items closely associated with or that benefit violent felons, their acts, or crime scenes within the past 100 years."

Since the release, the show is under constant criticism by its viewers, production crew, and the families of the victims online.

Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is a crime-thriller series, it is a reenactment of the original incident that follows the most wanted serial killer of United States in 1978.