Tumblr Archives - Mike South The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Wed, 12 Jul 2023 15:18:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/mikesouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Tumblr Archives - Mike South 32 32 1788040 Ruh-Roh: The Atlantic Reports on the Graveyard That is Post-Porn Ban Tumblr https://mikesouth.com/social-media/ruh-roh-the-atlantic-reports-on-the-graveyard-that-is-post-porn-ban-tumblr-53384/ https://mikesouth.com/social-media/ruh-roh-the-atlantic-reports-on-the-graveyard-that-is-post-porn-ban-tumblr-53384/#comments Tue, 03 Dec 2019 18:05:29 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=53384 It’s the one-year anniversary of Tumblr banning pornography and most nudity from the once-thriving social media platform. “The biggest thing that’s changed [this year] is an overall lack of content with diverse and mature themes,” [wrote] Cat Frazier, creator of the popular Tumblr Animated Text. . . . “I never followed porn accounts, but many of the people […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/social-media/ruh-roh-the-atlantic-reports-on-the-graveyard-that-is-post-porn-ban-tumblr-53384/feed/ 1 53384 Singapore man jailed 10 weeks for revenge porn https://mikesouth.com/legal/singapore-man-jailed-10-weeks-for-revenge-porn-51632/ https://mikesouth.com/legal/singapore-man-jailed-10-weeks-for-revenge-porn-51632/#comments Tue, 08 Oct 2019 19:10:15 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=51632 We reported back in May that Singapore had outlawed, “revenge porn” and “cyber-flashing” — sending unsolicited images of one’s private parts. A local man was recently sentenced to 10 weeks in jail for violating the country’s revenge porn law. In 2018, thinking they were in a relationship, a woman there allowed a man she was having […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/legal/singapore-man-jailed-10-weeks-for-revenge-porn-51632/feed/ 2 51632 Could @Pornhub really be buying Tumblr or is this just another crazy rumor? https://mikesouth.com/industry/could-pornhub-really-be-buying-tumblr-or-is-this-just-another-crazy-rumor-46835/ https://mikesouth.com/industry/could-pornhub-really-be-buying-tumblr-or-is-this-just-another-crazy-rumor-46835/#comments Fri, 03 May 2019 05:06:49 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=46835 Turns out, Pornhub really is “Extremely Interested” in acquiring Tumblr. Pornhub confirmed to BuzzFeed News that it is interested in acquiring Tumblr after news broke that Verizon is looking to sell the blogging platform. Pornhub Vice President Corey Price said in an email to BuzzFeed News that the porn-streaming giant is extremely interested in buying Tumblr, […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/industry/could-pornhub-really-be-buying-tumblr-or-is-this-just-another-crazy-rumor-46835/feed/ 3 46835 VPN time: Corrupt, Muslim-dominated Indonesia blocks Tumblr over porn https://mikesouth.com/politics/vpn-time-corrupt-muslim-dominated-indonesia-blocks-tumblr-porn-22089/ https://mikesouth.com/politics/vpn-time-corrupt-muslim-dominated-indonesia-blocks-tumblr-porn-22089/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2018 18:30:08 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=22089 Indonesia has blocked online blogging service Tumblr over pornographic content, the government said, in Jakarta’s latest crackdown on “obscenity”. The government of the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation blocked Tumblr.com, complaining that the New York-based company had not replied to its February letter demanding that all pornographic content be scrubbed from the platform within 48 […]

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