We tested Tumblr’s porn ban. It needs work

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We tested Tumblr’s porn ban. It needs work

(CNN Business)A picture of a woman breastfeeding a baby. A fully clothed woman taking selfies in the mirror. A photo of a vase. These images were all wrongly flagged by Tumblr as improper.

Tumblr began its crackdown on adult content several weeks ago. But behind the scenes its technology still struggles to figure out the difference between what’s banned and approved nudity.
In December, Tumblr banned adult content — specifically “images, videos, or GIFs that show real-life human genitals or female-presenting nipples” to clean up its blogging platform. A handful of exceptions include nudity as art or part of a political event, and written content like erotica.