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Tumblr Will Ban All Adult Content On December 17th (theverge.com)
Tumblr, the underground social media site known for its pornographic content and tight-knit community, will be instituting a major change to its guidelines in a couple of weeks. The company said in a blog post today that it will permanently ban adult content from its platform on December 17th. The company flatly stated that "adult content will no longer be allowed here." The Verge reports: Banned content includes photos, videos, and GIFs of human genitalia, female-presenting nipples, and any media involving sex acts, including illustrations. The exceptions include nude classical statues and political protests that feature nudity. The new guidelines exclude text, so erotica remains permitted. Illustrations and art that feature nudity are still okay -- so long as sex acts aren't depicted -- and so are breastfeeding and after-birth photos.
After December 17th, any explicit posts will be flagged and deleted by algorithms. For now, Tumblr is emailing users who have posted adult content flagged by algorithms and notifying them that their content will soon be hidden from view. Posts with porn content will be set to private, which will prevent them from being reblogged or shared elsewhere in the Tumblr community. "Blogs that have been either self-flagged or flagged by us as 'explicit' per our old policy and before December 17, 2018 will still be overlaid with a content filter when viewing these blogs directly," the blog post reads. "While some of the content on these blogs may now be in violation of our policies and will be actioned accordingly, the blog owners may choose to post content that is within our policies in the future, so we'd like to provide that option..."
After December 17th, any explicit posts will be flagged and deleted by algorithms. For now, Tumblr is emailing users who have posted adult content flagged by algorithms and notifying them that their content will soon be hidden from view. Posts with porn content will be set to private, which will prevent them from being reblogged or shared elsewhere in the Tumblr community. "Blogs that have been either self-flagged or flagged by us as 'explicit' per our old policy and before December 17, 2018 will still be overlaid with a content filter when viewing these blogs directly," the blog post reads. "While some of the content on these blogs may now be in violation of our policies and will be actioned accordingly, the blog owners may choose to post content that is within our policies in the future, so we'd like to provide that option..."
Uhm, It passed 97-2 in the Senate with half of the Nay votes being Republican and 388-25 in the house with 13 (Over Half) of the Nays being Republican.... So basic Math would tell you that it had MORE Democrat support then Republican......
The bill passed the senate 97 - 2 - exactly one Republican voted against, and one Democrat.
It had no-one from your supposed two "parties" that would dare stand against it. If Hillary had been president you'd have exactly the same bill...
If you aren't libertarian by now, this is the bill that should have made that happen. Instead you are spewing partisan nonsense just trying to earn points for your "side". - do you even care about the bill? About the tens of thousands of women negatively impacted?
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
for making the world a more boring place again
https://9to5mac.com/2018/12/03/tumblr-adult-content/
Democrats voted for it just as much as Republicans. Censorship of porn is a bipartisan love affair.
While it seems apparent many people here aren't aware of it, there are huge troves of content on Tumblr which isn't affected by this in the least.
I'm not saying this is the right decision - or the wrong decision - but the idea that Tumblr exists just for porn is silly.
#DeleteChrome
Back? It never went away.
I browse on +1 so AC's need not respond, I won't see it.
You think there's a problem with the prosecution having to prove a crime? That's exactly how it's supposed to work!
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Wouldn't Tumblweed be more appropriate?
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