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title: Ebay to delist Nazi items
date: "2001-05-14T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1826
description: eBay is removing Nazi and hate group items, while Yahoo purges adult content from its site. In contrast, AOL is turning to neural networks to automate content filtering across its services as platforms tighten moderation.
keywords: [ebay, yahoo, aol, content moderation, neural networks, hate speech, internet history]
---

eBay will [delist items](http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-5813167.html) associated with Nazis, Ku Klux Klan, etc. Yahoo is cleaning its [porn content](http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/05/02/yahoo.porn.ap/index.html). AOL is, however, using neural networks to [automatically filter content](http://wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,43576,00.html).