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Shopify Bans Some Right-Wing Groups After Activist Pressure
- E-commerce site tweaked rules to ban those who condone hate
- Move affects Proud Boys, who were also kicked off Facebook
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Shopify Inc. will ban some right-wing organizations from its service after accusations from activists, such as Canadian non-profit group North99, that it was supporting hate-promoting groups.
The Canadian e-commerce company tweaked its rules to allow it to bar anyone who uses Shopify to sell items that support groups that it believes condone hate or violence. The move affects Proud Boys, a right-wing group founded by Gavin McInnes, a Canadian writer and co-founder of Vice Media, that was recently kicked off Facebook and Instagram. The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies Proud Boys as a hate group.