Tumblr is censoring over 400 tags from its iOS app to comply with Apple's App Store rules | TechSpot

Editor’s take: In our increasingly PC-centric society, rules occasionally come along that leave you wondering where common sense went. For the good or the bad, Apple had decided that developers cannot submit certain content to the App Store, nor can apps sold on the platform access said content. But a recent Tumblr update takes caution on the matter to the edge of absurdity. Tumblr recently updated its iOS app to censor several tags, including “submission,” which Tumblr automatically applies to posts published to a blog. The company explains that the changes were made to comply with Apple’s stricter App Store “sensitive content” rules. “We want to make sure Tumblr is available everywhere you would like to access it. In order for us to remain in Apple’s App Store and for our Tumblr iOS app to be available, we needed to make changes that would help us be more compliant with their policies around sensitive content.” Tumblr wants to avoid having explicit content turning up on iPhones as per App Store guidelines. However, the list of terms that cannot be accessed is ridiculously long, and some of the now-banned tags don’t make sense. For example, commonly used tags like “selfie,” “me,”…
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