Tumblr announced this week it will be permanently banning all adult content as of Dec. 17. But there are some exceptions.
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by Herb Scribner, Deseret News — December 6, 2018 .
Tumblr announced this week it will be permanently banning all adult content as of Dec. 17. But there are some exceptions.
What’s going on: The company said it will remove all pornography-related communities from its social media platform.
The ban will include photos, videos, and GIFs of adult content, as well as any media of people performing sexual acts.
“The exceptions include nude classical statues and political protests that feature nudity,” The Verge reports.
“Illustrations and art that feature nudity are still OK — so long as sex acts aren’t depicted — and so are breast-feeding and after-birth photos,” according to The Verge.
The policy begins Dec. 17.
Posts with explicit content will be flagged and deleted by an algorithm. The company has already begun emailing users who have explicit content to let them know that their material will be taken down.
Results: Tumblr users noticed shortly after the announcement was made that random content was being flagged by the algorithm, according to BuzzFeed News.
Recent update: The decision came a few days after Apple’s iOS store removed the app over child pornography movies, according to TheWrap.
Bigger picture: Starbucks announced last week that the coffee shop will ban customers from looking up, watching and downloading pornography from its Wi-Fi, which I wrote about for the Deseret News.
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last commentSucks - I like looking at the honeys on Tumblr
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It'a a new world going-forward - Fosta - now this shit - and it'll probably get worse - I can understand those that don't like pornography - so don't watch it - doesn't mean you gotta keep others from it that do like it
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I guess for many free speech and free expression is great only if they agree w/ the speech/expression
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The Internet gets more and more stodgy each year.
SJG
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Tumblr died by suicide
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I never looked at Tumblr but this type of thing does not bode well for free speech.
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This is the end of any possible relevance to me of the Tumblr platform. My guess is they’re out of business within five years.
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Five years? I’d say that’s being generous.
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The Fappening made tumblr, without they are sunk.
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This sucks. One of my favorite blogs ever, which is more of a personal diary about her stripping and later escorting, is probably going to get deleted at some point too.
She talked about backing her stuff up, and I really hope she puts it all up on Wordpress. But it is what it is.
Private Facebook groups (that have no customers in them) are likely to get shut down too.
Stripperweb might get revived again.
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They still allow after-birth pictures. Why are y'all complaining?
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