{"id":5050,"date":"2018-12-03T21:28:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T21:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/tumblr-to-ban-all-pornographic-content-from-17-december\/"},"modified":"2018-12-03T21:28:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T21:28:28","slug":"tumblr-to-ban-all-pornographic-content-from-17-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/tumblr-to-ban-all-pornographic-content-from-17-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Tumblr to ban all pornographic content from 17 December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"A user accesses a Tumblr account on a smartphone\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/B61B\/production\/_103191664_gettyimages-927886686.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    The move comes days after Tumblr said it found child sexual abuse images during a routine audit<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Social networking site Tumblr has announced plans to ban all pornographic content, effective from 17 December. <\/p>\n<p>The new policy comes weeks after the site was pulled from Apple&#8217;s App Store after child abuse images made it past Tumblr&#8217;s filters. <\/p>\n<p>In a post, <a href=\"https:\/\/staff.tumblr.com\/post\/180758987165\/a-better-more-positive-tumblr\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">CEO Jeff D&#8217;Onorio stressed Tumblr had always had a &#8220;zero tolerance policy&#8221; to such content<\/a>, but wanted to improve safety on the site.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our actions are out of love and hope for our community,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-45323287\" class=\"story-body__link\">Tumblr bans creepshots and deepfake porn<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-43539886\" class=\"story-body__link\">Tumblr deletes &#8216;Russian troll&#8217; accounts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/policy\/en\/new_community\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">New community guidelines state<\/a> users cannot upload &#8220;real-life human genitals or female-presenting nipples&#8221; &#8211; including anything &#8220;so photorealistic&#8221; it could be thought to be genuine. <\/p>\n<p>However, the site said posts featuring nudity that are &#8220;artistic, educational, newsworthy, or political&#8221; are acceptable and will not necessarily be removed. <\/p>\n<p>Users who have adult content posts will receive notices which will tell them how to appeal against a ban, or how to &#8220;preserve their content outside the community&#8221;. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Tumblr has in the past had a reputation for allowing sexually themed material on its site<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tumblr&#8217;s new policy comes just weeks after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-46275138\" class=\"story-body__link\">their app was pulled from Apple&#8217;s store after images of child abuse were found<\/a> to have got around the site&#8217;s filters. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tumblr.zendesk.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/360012260613-November-16-2018-Issues-with-the-iOS-app\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">The company posted on its help site<\/a> saying the illegal images were immediately taken down when discovered. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every image uploaded to Tumblr is scanned against an industry database of known child sexual abuse material, and images that are detected never reach the platform,&#8221; it read. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A routine audit discovered content on our platform that had not yet been included in the industry database.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tumblr has had a reputation for allowing sexually themed material to be shared on its service. <\/p>\n<p>The site was banned for a day in Indonesia over the mature content, while South Korea has in the past asked it to do a better job of moderating adult content on its service.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-46434711\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The move comes days after Tumblr said it found child sexual abuse images during a routine audit Social networking site Tumblr has announced plans to ban all pornographic content, effective from 17 December. 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