{"id":64870,"date":"2022-07-25T18:44:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T15:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=64870"},"modified":"2025-09-06T16:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T13:49:08","slug":"gamestop-accused-of-selling-an-unethical-nft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/gamestop-accused-of-selling-an-unethical-nft\/","title":{"rendered":"GameStop accused of selling an &#8216;unethical&#8217; NFT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Twitter user with the handle cringepolitik deemed the NFT featuring a falling figure in a spacesuit, listed on the GameStop NFT marketplace, unethical.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Gamestop got rid of the nft and removed the creators ability to mint thankfully. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/tJpcmXqkJz\\\">pic.twitter.com\/tJpcmXqkJz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thrawnbelina (@AltStacie) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AltStacie\/status\/1550952395001184270?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">July 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to cringepolitik, the NFT Falling Man (the \\&#8221;Falling Man\\&#8221;) recalls the eponymous photograph by Associated Press photographer Richard Drew, taken during the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Another user complained about the token to the marketplace&#8217;s support service. GameStop promised to remove the NFT and said it had already removed the author&#8217;s minting ability.<\/p>\n<p>Another member of the crypto community noted that the pixelated original photo \\&#8221;Falling Man\\&#8221; has been listed on leading NFT marketplace OpenSea for two months.<\/p>\n<p>He attached the corresponding screenshots and the link. As of publication, OpenSea had not yet commented on the allegations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">The Falling Man NFT has been up on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/opensea?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@opensea<\/a> for two months plus. Stupid People are trying to shame <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GameStopNFT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@GameStopNFT<\/a> for taken it down in a day! \ud83d\ude02 saying <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GameStopNFT?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#GameStopNFT<\/a> needs to do better content control \ud83d\ude02 They\u2019re already the best!!! Go FUD elsewhere! <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/DQNLRE6xd2\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/DQNLRE6xd2<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GME?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#GME<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/qQ8kIBvXWI\\\">pic.twitter.com\/qQ8kIBvXWI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VanGuardianVI (@VanGuardianVI) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VanGuardianVI\/status\/1551240177749835778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In June, trading volume on NFT marketplaces <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/nft-trading-volume-slumped-74-in-june\">fell by 74%<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the same month, the company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club collection, Yuga Labs <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/yuga-labs-files-suit-against-creator-of-fake-bayc-tokens\">filed a lawsuit against artist Ryder Ripps<\/a> for the release and sale of &#8216;counterfeit&#8217; tokens that devalue the original works.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\\\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"\u201c_blank\u201d\\\" rel=\\\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter user cringepolitik deemed the NFT depicting a falling figure in a spacesuit on the GameStop NFT marketplace unethical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1243,1213,1265],"class_list":["post-64870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-gamestop","tag-nft","tag-opensea"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"13","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64872,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64870\/revisions\/64872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}