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The Communications and Information Ministry has announced that it has unblocked microblogging and social networking website Tumblr, according to a report by Antara. (Shutterstock/File)
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he Communications and Information Ministry has announced that it has unblocked microblogging and social networking website Tumblr, according to a report by Antara.
The website was blocked by the ministry in early March, following complaints from the public over indecent content on Tumblr.
“[Database] normalization was conducted on Monday afternoon, after we received a statement from Tumblr,” said the acting head of the ministry's public relations bureau, Ferdinandus Setu, in an official release sent to Antara on Wednesday.
The ministry, after inspecting the platform, found that Tumblr had made adjustments accordingly.
“Tumblr has changed its policy on pornographic content,” said Ferdinandus.
The pornographic content that the public reported to the ministry in March has been removed, according to the ministry.
Tumblr’s eight Domain Name System (DNS), which was blocked in March, has also been unblocked.
Read also: Sex workers say Tumblr curbs on explicit images leave them at risk
Prior to Tumblr’s policy change and its access reopening, it was also erased from Apple’s App Store in November, as Apple found that the platform contained child pornography, which is against the tech company’s policy.
The microblogging and social networking website therefore changed its policy on content, effective per Dec. 17.
Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio wrote in a statement on Dec. 3 that posting anything harmful to minors, including child pornography, was abhorrent and had no place in the Tumblr community.
“We’ve always had and always will have a zero-tolerance policy for this type of content,” D’Onofrio wrote.
He also wrote that the website would no longer allow adult content, including explicit sexual content and nudity, with some exceptions.
According to Variety, exceptions apply for photos of exposed female breasts in the context of breastfeeding, childbirth and other health-related subjects. Newsworthy content, art involving nudity and written erotica can still be posted too. (mut)
