Coca-Cola sparked backlash after allegedly briefly banning the words ‘Jesus’ and ‘Trump 2024’ from its personalized cans.
For a time, the beverage giant seemingly allowed support for Kamala Harris and allowed ‘Satan’ and ‘Allah’, although the company appeared to fix the glitch after it went viral among conservatives online.
The updated version still bans any monikers that are ‘trademarked, political in nature, names of countries, celebrities, religious figures, as well as anything that could be considered offensive for other reasons,’ the personalizer tool says.
After the apparent glitch circulated online, with some calling to ‘boycott’ the company as others noted: ‘Funny how these things always seem to go one way.’
Coca-Cola did not immediately respond to a request for clarification over the system error or why it had been seemingly fixed following the online outrage.
Coca-Cola sparked backlash after fans claimed it was allowing customers to personalize cans with ‘Harris Walz 2024’, but seemingly banned ‘Trump 2024’
The personalizer website bans any monikers that are ‘trademarked, political in nature, names of countries, celebrities, religious figures, as well as anything that could be considered offensive for other reasons’
The glitch was first shared by Facebook user Antwoine Hill, and circulated widely after being pushed by conservative X account Libs of TikTok, which shared images of a ‘Harris Walz 2024’ can being allowed, but ‘Trump 2024’ not being allowed.
Others followed by sharing videos of their attempts to put religious names on the cans, with ‘Satan’ and ‘Allah’ appearing to be allowed.
Attempts to put ‘Jesus loves you’ on the can was met with a warning that the company couldn’t personalize the can with the word ‘Jesus.’
Some pointed out that excluding the name ‘Jesus’ would limit a common name for men in America, however Coca-Cola’s website notes that ‘a name might be accepted if you add a last name to the submission.’
The personalizer notably blocks cans with political figures such as Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and Barack Obama, but does allow other celebrities such as Elon Musk.
Footage shared online appeared to show a Coca-Cola can personalizer allowing ‘Satan’ and ‘Allah’ but banning ‘Jesus’
The personalizer notably blocks cans with political figures such as Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and Barack Obama, but does allow other celebrities such as Elon Musk
After the posts went viral, Hill said he was surprised that his pointing out of the glitch captured interest, but stood by the anger he triggered.
‘I am pointing out the obvious, the only name that gets this much backlash and hate is the name of Jesus,’ he told the Daily Dot.
Amid some conservatives calling to boycott the brand, he said would support the move ‘if it sends the message that we stand for the name of Jesus.’
‘I’m also very conflicted with the whole thing because I’m in the streets daily seeing the much bigger issues, drugs, violence, homelessness,’ he said.
‘So for me this just doesn’t seem nearly as big as these issues, but nonetheless I won’t support any company that doesn’t support Jesus.’
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