Repeated deletion of auctions because of supposedly sexual content / AI-generated - HELP | Members help members

in_3042 · 2026-04-14T22:34:53.458000Z

Hello everyone.I sell autograph cards commercially, or rather signed photos of celebrities.For several months now I’ve been constantly having to wrestle with Ebay:Every second auction gets deleted, always for the reasons “sexual content” or “AI generated”.I can file an appeal after the deletion. I do that. With “sexual content” pretty much everything stays deleted; with “AI generated” my objection is sometimes accepted and Ebay reverses the deletion. A few days (!) later, though, the same thing starts all over again, the item gets deleted again with the reason “AI generated”, and then the deletion stands. Because of the sheer number of cases, Ebay is now threatening to revoke my seller privileges; several times I’ve already been banned from selling for a week. After that, the whole thing starts all over again. Support from customer service so far = zero.In the appeals I explain in detail why it is not an AI-generated photo, backed up with links to photo spreads in magazines, to the celebrities’ Instagram pages, etc. Ebay couldn’t care less.All you get are arrogant replies by email that do absolutely nothing to help me as a seller. In all cases the celebrities are fully clothed. In some of the signed photos there are bikini shots too, or shots in evening dresses on the red carpet (Oscars etc.) with a slightly lower neckline. Even portrait shots (!!!) from the red carpet were deleted as “sexual content”. If femininity is already supposed to be “sexual content,” then good night. Are we in Germany here, or in Iran where the morality police are at work? Here on Ebay I’m being flooded in search results with photos with downright pornographic content, cuddling porn stars, thighs spread wide with a view of the most intimate parts, **bleep**n shoved into the camera - but my fully clothed people are “sexual content”. I think I’m losing my mind!No single shot is AI generated!The photos I offer are being listed by dozens of other sellers on ebay.de and ebay.com too, but apparently nothing happens to them.Yesterday another one of my photos was deleted - today another 10-day suspension followed. ONE photo. Out of 3,000 listings. Dear Ebay team, what is this supposed to mean ???????At this rate I can close up shop!

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