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TikTok Shop, Amazon, and other marketplaces hosted antisemitic T-shirts

A T-shirt with a blurred out design.

Some TikTok users have reported seeing a troubling product in the last few days: T-shirts for sale on TikTok Shop that are an antisemitic parody of the Jaws movie poster. In the image printed on the shirts, the shark has been transformed into a human nose, the swimmer at the surface of the water is instead a $100 bill, and “Jaws” has been edited to read “Jews,” propagating antisemitic stereotypes of Jewish people as money hungry.

The Verge found multiple listings on TikTok Shop for the shirt from a handful of storefronts, some based in the US and others based in China. Prices range between $8.99 and $15, and other than the offensive design, …

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Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/report/765862/tiktok-shop-amazon-antisemitic-tshirts

Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/report/765862/tiktok-shop-amazon-antisemitic-tshirts

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