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Verizon Takes Aim at Tumblr’s Kneecaps, Bans All Adult Content

posted by mrpg on Saturday December 08 2018, @11:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the verizon-takes-aim-at-nippels dept.

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Verizon takes aim at Tumblr's kneecaps, bans all adult content

Oath, the Verizon subsidiary that owns the Yahoo and AOL digital media brands, has announced that as of December 17, all adult content will be banned from the Tumblr blogging site. Any still or moving images displaying real-life human genitals or female nipples and any content—even drawn or computer-generated artwork—depicting any sexual acts will be prohibited.

Genitals and female nipples will only be permitted within the context of breastfeeding, childbirth, and in health-related subjects such as gender confirmation surgery. Written erotica will also remain on the site.

Nowadays, pornography represents a substantial element of Tumblr's content. A 2013 estimate said that around 11 percent of the site's 200,000 most-visited domains were porn, and some 22 percent of inbound links were from adult sites.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 08 2018, @01:54PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 08 2018, @01:54PM (#771523)

    Then comes politically-motivated speech. It is an attack on freedom. (((They))) take our rights one by one.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Hyper on Saturday December 08 2018, @02:32PM (2 children)

    by Hyper (1525) on Saturday December 08 2018, @02:32PM (#771534) Journal

    First they came for the MLP fanboys, and I did not speak out-
    because I was not a brony.

    Then they came for the soft pornographers, and I did not speak out-
    because I had my own offline collection.

    Then they came for the NSFW content, and I did not speak out-
    because I had a girlfriend at home.

    Then they came for the hard righters, and I did not speak out-
    because I was not on the hard right.

    Then they came for the hard lefters, and I did not speak out-
    because I was not on the hard left.

    Then they came for the pornstars, and I did not speak out-
    because I was not in porn.

    Then they came for the neonazis, and I did not speak out-
    because I was not a neonazi.

    Then they came for the DRM breakers, and I did not speak out-
    because I no longer consumed mainstream media.

    Then they came for Linux users, and I did not speak out-
    because I did not want to be next.

    Then they came for me-
    and there was no one left who cared to notice.

    • (Score: 4, Funny) by takyon on Saturday December 08 2018, @02:49PM (1 child)

      by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Saturday December 08 2018, @02:49PM (#771537) Journal

      Then they came, and they came, and they came, and they...

      Alt-ending:

      Then they came for me-
      and TL;DR, ROFLMAO, WTF?

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 09 2018, @08:24AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday December 09 2018, @08:24AM (#771851)

        Can you cum and play with us?

  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 08 2018, @03:19PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 08 2018, @03:19PM (#771539)

    [[[They]]], you idiot. Do not worry. The [[[Queen of Heaven]]] plan is almost complete, and the whirlwind shall cleanse the world of [[[Yahweh's]]] corruption.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 08 2018, @03:40PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 08 2018, @03:40PM (#771544)

      [[[They]]], you idiot.

      Don't talk to your mother like that!!!

    • (Score: 5, Funny) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday December 08 2018, @04:30PM

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Saturday December 08 2018, @04:30PM (#771559) Journal

      So there's a new Shin Megami Tensei game out? Coolness, sign me up.

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