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Magazine + Sections + Fashion + Art & Design + Travel + Food + Culture Search [ ][Search] Share * Facebook * Twitter * LinkedIn * Copy Link * WSJ News Exclusive * Business Dr. Seuss Books Deemed Offensive Will Be Delisted From eBay E-commerce giant says it 'is currently sweeping our marketplace to remove these items' [im-307491] 'On Beyond Zebra!' is one of the titles being discontinued. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images By Jeffrey A.Trachtenberg Updated March 4, 2021 5:53 pm ET Online marketplace eBay Inc. said it is working to prevent the resale of six Dr. Seuss books that were pulled earlier this week by the company in charge of the late author's works because they contain offensive imagery. "EBay is currently sweeping our marketplace to remove these items," a spokeswoman for the company said in an email. New copies of the six books were no longer for sale online at major retailers such as Barnes & Noble on Thursday afternoon, which put eBay among the most prominent platforms for the books to be sold. Hundreds of listings for the six books could be found on the platform as of Thursday morning, though the number appeared to be lower than it was on Wednesday evening. The eBay spokeswoman said that it would take some time to review seller listings and that the company was monitoring newly published listings. Retailers frequently make decisions to remove products from their platforms for a variety of reasons. The move made by eBay comes at a time when there is rising concern, especially in conservative quarters, about how major tech platforms decide which content is acceptable. At the same time, others contend the platforms aren't doing enough to police inappropriate content. Dr. Seuss Enterprises LP, which oversees Dr. Seuss's publishing interests and ancillary areas, Tuesday said it had decided that six of the famed author's books--"And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street"; "If I Ran the Zoo"; "McElligot's Pool"; "On Beyond Zebra!"; "Scrambled Eggs Super!" and "The Cat's Quizzer"--would no longer be published because they "portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong." 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