Two weeks after announcing its decision to block all ‘sensitive’ content for iOS users, Tumblr says that the censorship will be optional. Two weeks after updating its iOS app to block all ‘sensitive’ content to ensure compliance with Apple’s App Store guidelines, Tumblr has announced that censorship will be optional for all iOS users. Tumblr initially blocked hundreds of words and phrases from its iOS app last month to prevent a repeat of the 2018 incident when the app was kicked out of the App Store over child pornography allegations. The app was finally reinstated the following month after the website claimed to have cleaned up its act. Tumblr has often come under fire for its liberal censorship policies that many argue encourage graphic content on the platform. While that hasn’t typically been a problem on Android, Apple’s strict App Store policies meant that the app often got itself into hot water over its mature content on iOS, necessitating the censorship announced last month. However, as it turns out, the company is backtracking from its stance and will allow iPhone users to access mature content after all. In a blog post on Tuesday, Tumblr announced that it would introduce a…
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Tumblr Backtracks On Censorship, iOS Users Can Choose Their Preferences – Screen Rant
