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Tumblr
has decided to give up, rather than do as other sites have done and
invest in measures to handle illegal content, while allowing sexual
expression.
“There are no shortage of sites on the internet that
feature adult content,” said Jeff D’Onofrio, the site’s chief executive,
in explaining the decision.
He’s right, of course. There’s a lot of porn out there. But Tumblr has long offered something different, and important.
Founded
11 years ago, Tumblr is a platform where users can publish text, images
and videos quickly, as well as share and comment on other submissions.
The site’s popularity peaked in 2014. Yet as its use dwindled, its
reputation as an alternative corner of the internet grew, not least as a
place to find unique adult material.
Unlike typical pornography
sites, which overwhelmingly cater to men, and serve an often narrow
definition of what is attractive, Tumblr has been a home for something
else – content tailored at vibrant LGBT communities, or for those with
tastes you might not necessarily share with all your friends.
If
society deems it acceptable for any porn to be on the internet, then
that acceptance must surely be inclusive. Unlike most of those other
sites Mr D’Onofrio speaks of, Tumblr has been a space where different
body types are sexually celebrated, not degraded.
It
argued that Tumblr’s design seemed to cater to different physical need:
offering a slow, building stream of visual and emotional content –
rather than the instant video gratification of sites designed with
hurried male audiences in mind, fast-forward button and all.
Many
on Tumblr have been fearing a porn ban since the network was acquired
by fading web giant Yahoo in 2013. That time, the adult content was
allowed to remain. But in 2017, when Yahoo was acquired by Oath, the
digital arm of telecoms giant Verizon, the writing was on the wall.
“I
had feared this day would come,” wrote one user, who runs a fetish
account, in response to the chief executive’s message on Monday.
“I’m
so sad to see this happen, and can’t believe I’ll be losing this blog. I
honestly don’t know what I’ll do without it, but I truly hope that the
kinky community comes up with a new place for us all to get together and
share.”
When the new guidelines come into effect they will
prohibit any depiction of human genitalia, “female-presenting nipples”
or sex acts – including illustrations. There will be exceptions for
classical artistic works and political protests that involve nudity, but
the company warned enforcement might be inconsistent. Users are able to
export their posts if they wish to leave the platform.
“We’ve
given serious thought to who we want to be to our community moving
forward,” Mr D’Onofrio said. “We’ve realised that in order to continue
to fulfil our promise and place in culture, especially as it evolves, we
must change.”
That change means marginalised people, those who
are all-too-used to being ostracised in their offline lives, now face it
in their online space too. Some of the internet’s most-needed
communities are now homeless.
"We’ve given serious thought to who we want to be to our community moving forward,” Mr D’Onofrio said.
I read the title and thought this was gone brush past a lot of details to just pile on apple, but it really surprised me by being a really concise and complete take on both the current 12/17 porn ban situation and Apples negative influence on the net
I been on that “Fuck Apple” shit for damn near 10 years now
“The Jewish coming of age ritual is typically gendered, with males attending a Bar Mitzvah and females attending a Bat Mitzvah.
When Esther Thorpe, 14, came out as non-binary last year, their mother, Miriam, worried about how the important ceremony would be held.
Miriam Taylor Thorpe explained that despite the traditional routes of the ceremony, she felt strongly that her child should have something that felt right to them.
Webber came to the decision to name the gender-neutral ceremony a “B’nei Mitzvah” because “b’nei” is a plural term which could refer to a mixed-gender group of people.
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