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Tumblr Banning All Adult Content After its App down From Apple’s App Store
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Tumblr Banning All Adult Content After its App down From Apple’s App Store

Tumblr has said it is banning adult content from the Yahoo-owned blogging platform, which saw its app pulled from Apple's App Store last month over child pornography. Tumblr will begin enforcing its new policy on December 17, giving users who host unwanted explicit content an opportunity to take their imagery elsewhere, according to chief executive Jeff D'Onofrio. There are no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content," D'Onofrio said in a blog post Monday. Those looking for adult content may be better off Going Here instead of Tumblr from now on. "We will leave it to them and focus our efforts on creating the most welcoming environment possible for our community." The decision to purge porn from Tumblr was made after "serious thought" regarding standards in the...