Payments giants disable support for sites that promote hate or sell items glorifying white supremacists.
Flowers surround a photo of 32-year-old Heather Heyer, who was killed when a car plowed into a crowd of people protesting against the white supremacist Unite the Right rally on Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Apple and PayPal are taking aim at websites that sell apparel glorifying white nationalists and support hate groups.
Apple has disabled Apple Pay support for several websites that sell sweaters and T-shirts with Nazi symbols and «white pride, » BuzzFeed reported Wednesday. The move comes on the heels of the violent white supremacist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, which culminated in the death of a woman on Saturday.
Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Apple CEO Tim Cook was quite vocal about his feelings in a tweet Monday, calling the terror of white supremacists and racist violence «an affront to America, » adding, «We must all stand against it.»
Earlier Wednesday, payments giant PayPal said it would disable its service on sites that accept payments or raise funds to promote hate, violence and intolerance.
«Regardless of the individual or organisation in question, we work to ensure that our services are not used to accept payments or donations for activities that promote hate, violence, or racial intolerance, » the company said in a statement . «This includes organisations that advocate racist views, such as the KKK, white supremacist groups, or Nazi groups.»
