Several ads on Amazon for tank tops that use the term "wife beater," a phrase deemed offensive by Canada's advertising watchdog, have been pulled from the retail giant's Canadian e-commerce website following a CBC News investigation .
Amazon told CBC by phone that it has no issues with the phrase and said the third-party dealers selling the tops on its website must have acted on their own initiative.
The slang term “wife beater” refers to a certain style of fitted men’s tank top.
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