Tumblr to punish hate speech and violence

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Tumblr has actually modified its neighborhood standards.


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Tumblr’s upgraded neighborhood standards are targeting hate speech, violence and undesirable sexualization.

On Monday, the social networking website published information about the upgrade, which enters into impactSept 10. Tumblr kept in mind that the area on hate speech eliminates this paragraph: “If you encounter negative speech that doesn’t rise to the level of violence or threats of violence, we encourage you to dismantle negative speech through argument rather than censorship. That said, if you encounter anything especially heinous, tell us about it.”

The website has actually chosen that a post no longer needs to be “especially heinous” to benefit reporting.

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Tumblr is including hate speech under its alternatives for reporting posts.


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Tumblr likewise prohibited posts that glorify acts of violence and their criminals to prevent motivating “copycat violence.” The website particularly kept in mind the mass shootings at Columbine High School, Sandy Hook Elementary School and Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, as examples.

The 3rd modification is an extra line in its area on harassment: “Don’t engage in the unwanted sexualization or sexual harassment of others.”

This line connects to the creation of deepfakes– AI-generated-based videos that put a single person’s face onto the body of another. Reddit punished deepfake porn previously this year.

Tumblr prompted individuals to report offenses of the brand-new neighborhood standards, keeping in mind that it’s including hate speech reporting to its app.

“Just tap the airplane icon on any post to open this menu — then tap Report (flag button) > Something else > Hate speech,” it composed.

Tumblr likewise stated it’s increased the variety of employees committed to evaluating such reports. The business didn’t instantly react to an ask for more remark.

Tumblr’s technique echoes that of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who kept in mind previously this month that his website does not proactively authorities itself Like numerous social networks websites, Twitter depends on users to explain bad habits, a reactive technique that’s been brought into question in the wake of a series of restrictions versus conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

Facebook prohibited Jones previously this month, following Apple’s and Spotify’s elimination of his podcasts.

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