Google Inc has become the latest online retailer to pull all products bearing the controversial Confederate flag from sale in the wake of last week's racially-motivated massacre at a historic black church in South Carolina.
Amazon, eBay, Wal-Mart and Sears have already announced their decision to ban sales of merchandise displaying the image of the flag, which many see as representing racism and slavery.
Google Inc has become the latest online retailer to pull all products bearing the controversial Confederate flag from sale in the wake of last week's racially-motivated massacre at a historic black church in South Carolina.
Amazon, eBay, Wal-Mart and Sears have already announced their decision to ban sales of merchandise displaying the image of the flag, which many see as representing racism and slavery.
In a statement sent to Reuters news agency, Google said it had pulled the items due to the perception that it "expressed hate".
Lawmakers in the state yesterday voted to open the debate on removing the flag from display in the State House grounds.
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Dylann Roof, the suspect who allegedly killed nine black people in a South Carolina church, is pictured on his 'own' hate-filled website.