(Daily Mail) Coca-Cola sparked backlash after reportedly banning the words ‘Jesus’ and ‘Trump 2024’ from its personalized cans.
The beverage giant seemingly allowed support for Kamala Harris and allowed ‘Satan’ and ‘Allah’ – although the company fixed the glitch when it went viral among conservatives when posted to when posted on X by Liberals of TikTok.
The updated version now bans all 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 glitch circulated online, some began calling for a ‘boycott’ of the iconic soda company with some wryly noting: ‘Funny how these things always seem to go one way.’
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 the names of 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’
