Holocaust Denial Merchandise Tests Shopify’s Free Speech Ethos

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(Bloomberg) -- Shopify Inc., Canada’s biggest tech company, is drawing criticism for hosting an online store full of antisemitic merchandise, in a test of what the e-commerce platform is willing to ...

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