Etsy tells The Fly ‘counterfeit items, fraud explicitly prohibited’

An Etsy spokesperson told The Fly that, "Etsy is proud to be home to millions of unique, handcrafted, and customized goods, and the integrity of our marketplace is critical to our business. We are dedicated to fostering a trusted and safe platform, and as Etsy has grown, we have increased investments in a variety of sophisticated tools to protect our community against bad actors. Counterfeit items, fraud and other illicit practices are explicitly prohibited on Etsy, and our dedicated teams work diligently to remove listings that violate our policies." This comes after Citron Research published a critical report on Etsy, stating in part that, "management has knowingly or, at the very least, negligently, turned this company into the largest organized clearing house for counterfeit goods in the world while not only allowing the behavior but encouraging it and promoting it by selling placement and status to the millions of sites that regularly violate copyright laws."