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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.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Magic Oddball on Sunday December 09 2018, @12:30AM
My sense is that it won't make a damn difference, though. The working class tends to plod along until it reaches the absolute limit of its tolerance, then shift abruptly to a bipartisan rebellion driven by years or decades of frustration, much as France is rediscovering. There's also that while content-hosting platforms make it easier for citizens to communicate, it also makes it a lot easier for the government to keep an eye on them; when people are that fed up, eliminating those sites merely drives them underground, making it that much harder for authorities to keep tabs on who is doing or saying what.