Etsy search for children’s programme showing dildos

It’s there for me as well, and I can guarantee I have never searched for any sex toys, on Etsy or otherwise.
But then, as I said before, perverts are going to co-opt anything they can, look at those My Little Pony human hybrid figures.

Rainbowzebra also makes a good point that the sellers shouldn't be selling Gravity Falls merch in the first place due to copyright issues.
Again, Etsy don't care. They sometimes have a purge and kick out some that do this, but it comes from the company being affected rather than Etsy itself.

I had a search, and couldn't find it under 'Gravity Falls' but when I put 'Gravity Falls rainbow' it was on the first page. I agree, no one wants to see these when searching for children's tv show merchandise, let alone children. And there's nothing obvious when browsing Etsy that it's a site for over 18s only. Also, if using a search engine, Etsy is one of the sites that will often come up with 'shopping' results. Again, nothing preventing you just getting linked from google if under 18.

Agree Etsy sells all sorts of crap that isn't homemade.

Etsy aren't likely to care. The "actual" results shouldn't be on there either due to copyright, so they're hardly going to be bothered that a dildo's among the listings when they all break t&cs

Reporting it will do nothing, Etsy don't care.
Apart from anything else, the T+C to sell on Etsy say that all items must be either
a) homemade
or b) vintage.
I'm guessing that the dildo is neither of these. Actually kind of hoping it's not vintage!
However the site overflows with mass resellers selling all sorts of stuff, Etsy don't care, do nothing about it, as it brings them in revenue.

It's there for me. Comes from 'spanky's toys'. It is completely etsy's fault.
This is definately not an adult only site, all that T & C stuff is about actual purchasing and account holding. There is nothing to distinguish it as an Adult only x rated site. No registration or sign in to enter the site. No banner saying unsuitable for under 18s.

Never mind the children, I don't want to see dildos when searching for something completely and totally unrelated to sex toys.

You can block sites on your wifi if you dont want your kids to be able to access them, its a site that tells you you should be 18 to use it.

I dont know but someone who can go about ordering stuff online is probably old enough that they wont be scarred for life at a picture of a dildo.
If you think your children are not mature enough to cope with an image like that popping up, they should not have unrestricted access to the internet, especially to sites that are for over 18s.

I don't like things that are adult oriented appearing on teen show related searches, and it lots of cases i think it is innapropriate and I would prefer that it wasnt there.
But its a site for adults, and its not Etsys fault if children who are unsupervised get onto it, you dont prove your age for lots of adult websites, but its not the internets job to police what peoples children look at online, that is for the parents to do.

It’s there for me.

Etsy search algorithm does not use cookies.

In the past I’ve suggested my tween look on Etsy for certain things. They don’t need an account to do so. I wouldn’t think they’d come across adult content. So that’s a bit crap.

Report the listing - at the bottom.

I don't use Etsy and have never searched for pride or rainbow or, indeed, dildo. I think this is all on Etsy and not on any of us users.

That is a weird thing to come up linked to a children's programme and don't let anyone tell you different..

😬

It doesn't come up for me. I did see a wicked inspired bookmark, an old book inspired candle, and a mug with a book quote on it. Which makes sense as I've been looking for similar items, trying to create a library corner in my sitting room.

So it would seem that it's related to previous searches. Did you search for pride merch, or could someone else have searched for it from your account?

Although to be clear, I don’t think it should be there at all.

But it’s definitely not showing on mine.

I have scrolled and scrolled and there’s no dildo on mine.

It's nothing to do with cookies. The dildos appear on page 3 or 4 of the results (I'm not going back to check which!)

Do I just put in ‘Gravity falls’, then ‘Gravity falls rainbow’ and ‘Gravity Falls merch’

non of which produced a photo of a dildo.

I do think it’s connected to cookies.

Do you supervise all Internet searches?
Unless you have very young children this is impossible.

This. You are easily linked to etsy from an innocent Google search.
Etsy should get rid of its adult content, or have a specialist site for it.

This is my idea of an adult only site. You can't buy cigarettes without confirming your age.

That is the actual issue. And why in relation to a children's programme?

I stand by it. If it's open access - which it is - it's not an adult only site. Can't be if children can access it. It just can't.

Why are dildos turning up in a search for gravity falls at all?

"I posted this in aibu and was surprised to see people falling over themselves to normalise having a rainbow dildo coming up in a search for a popular children’s programme - I know that the majority of posters who use the FWR board are sensible when it comes to safeguarding."

I'm not really sure what the point of this is. If it's self-validation and you scour the internet in ever-decreasing circles you will eventually find people who back you to the hilt and find the whole thing an intolerable outrage (maybe a right-wing US religious forum, somewhere in Saudi?)

But you still won't get dildos taken down from Etsy.

It's a website where sellers can have all kinds of things for sale, from handmade cards and pretty jewellery up to and including some fairly ahem niche sex toys, lingerie, pornographic art etc.

I'd say it's definitely not a site for children, but you do you.

From Etsy's terms and conditions. OP whilst one might not have expected a search to produce that result it really is up to the parent not to have allowed unsupervised access.

1. Your Account with Etsy

A. You must be 18 years or older to use our Services. Minors under 18 and at least 13 years of age are only permitted to use our Services through an account owned by a parent or legal guardian with their appropriate permission and under their direct supervision. Children under 13 years are not permitted to use Etsy or the Services. You are responsible for any and all account activity conducted by a minor on your account, and there may be commercial products or services available that you may want to consider to limit a minor's access to material online. For more information, see Etsy's Minors Policy.