Coca-Cola faces claims that personalization system bans Christian phrases

Coca-Cola’s can personalization tool attracted criticism after it appeared to block Christian sayings while allowing Satanic and Muslim ones. Phrases such as “Jesus is King” and “Jesus is good” were rejected as inappropriate or unsuitable. Alternately, the website’s reviewing system permitted phrases such as “Satan is King” and “Allah is good,” according to users.

One online user tested the claim in several viral videos by drafting various sayings live on camera. The user found that the system banned positive Christian phrases like “Jesus is good,” but allowed negative ones, such as “Jesus is bad,” and “Jesus is evil.” The system also allowed “I hate Jesus,” but didn’t allow “I love Jesus.” In addition, it allowed “pedophile pride,” “satanic pride,” and “Republicans suck,” while banning “white pride,” “black pride” in a more recent update, and “Democrats suck,” according to an online user.

How has the company responded? By Monday afternoon, Coca-Cola appeared to have removed its personalization tool from its website, saying that the cans were out of stock. The company had not yet released a statement regarding the claims, although they called the error a technical issue, according to Fox Business.