Sexual subcultures are collateral damage in Tumblr’s ban on adult content
- Written by Zahra Zsuzsanna Stardust, PhD Candidate, Arts/Media & Law, UNSW
The social networking and microblogging site Tumblr announced on Monday that from December 17 it will no longer host adult content on its platform. The Washington Post reported that the policy “removes one of the last major refuges for pornography on social media”.
But the move will affect more than just porn.
Over time, Tumblr has...