eBay announced in a notice sent out to sellers listing items on its “Adult Only” section on Friday that the “Adult Only” category will no longer be available for new listings as of June 15. In addition, the company will forbid the sale of “items showing sexual activity, sexual content or sexually suggestive poses” on its website effective June 15.
The website’s new policy details the items that will no longer be allowed for sale on the site, and states that “sexually explicit anime, comics, books, films, animation, manga, hentai, yaoi;” as well as “Adult films and video games with a rating of X, XXX, R18, or unrated for an adults-only audience;” and “adult anime/manga that include sexually-explicit content, nudity, or sexual stories” are prohibited.
eBay clarified that artwork depicting nudity are an exception and that sellers may relist such items under the website’s “Art and…
