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Reddit Imposes Ban On Sexual Content Posted Without Permission

Posted by samzenpus on from the permission-slip-or-get-out dept.

Mark Wilson writes If you want to post naked pictures or videos of people on Reddit without their consent, you only have a couple of weeks to do so. As of March, the site is imposing a ban on content of an explicit nature that the subject has not given permission to be posted. The cleanup of the site comes hot on the heels of news from Google that explicit content will be banned from Blogger. It also comes in the wake of last year's Fappening which saw a glut of naked celebrity photos leaked online.

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  1. Re:Reddit sure loves it's free speech. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Copyright infringement and other unauthorized distribution is now classified as free speech?

  2. Re:Reddit sure loves it's free speech. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Photos and such are not automatically copyrighted. Copyrights have to be explicitly asserted.

    There is no legal concept of having to get "permission" to post photos of others unless you agreed to that before hand. Otherwise it's all fair game, assuming the photos aren't copyrighted.