> We do not allow sexually themed or suggestive content that serves little or no purpose other than to solicit an erotic or shocking response, particularly where that content is amplified by its placement in profiles or other social contexts. This includes: ...Pornographic content
Now on the other hand this wasn't actually pornographic content, it was links to pornographic content and their TOS doesn't really make it clear that linking is not allowed.
See the section on "Sexually obscene content" in the GitHub Community Guidelines (https://help.github.com/articles/github-community-guidelines...). We purposely chose the word "obscene" and not "explicit" to allow for explicit but educational, scientific, or artistic content like this.
> Starting in October, the company will prohibit creators from posting material with sexually explicit conduct on its website [...]. They’ll still be allowed to put up nude photos and videos, provided they’re consistent with OnlyFans’ policy.
So nude is OK but it may not sexually explicit?
That seems like a very fine line to walk, with much associated drama.
> This has some interesting possibilities—someone filtering out all nsfw posts would also not see anything tagged nsfw.gore, but someone else could choose to filter only nsfw.gore and still see posts with other tags like nsfw.nudity or plain nsfw.
That section from "Mechanics" [0] makes it sound like there will be no adult content ban. There is more that makes me think that, but this makes it pretty clear.
> “Do not publish sexually explicit or pornographic images or videos. Writing about adult topics is permitted as long as it is not accompanied by sexually explicit images or videos, or any material that promotes or depicts unlawful or inappropriate sexual acts with children or animals. Additionally, we do not allow content that drives traffic to commercial pornography.
> We do allow naturalistic and documentary depictions of nudity (such as an image of a breastfeeding infant), as well as depictions of nudity that serve a clear educational, scientific, or artistic purpose.”
I don’t understand the fuss being made. It is clearly stated that sexual content is not allowed.
Just because sharing pornography isn’t illegal does not mean that it should be allowed on every platform on which it is possible.
Instead of violating TOS of a service they could just use a service that doesn’t prohibit pornography?
> The point is that as a Reddit user, you won't see that content unless you disable your NSFW filter and go searching for it.
The point is that people use reddit to hotlink depraved, illegal porn images and videos and spam these media on other forums. That depraved content is not moderated, it should not be possible to hotlink porn material from reddit. The platform is not moderated like you claim, a checkbox in the preferences is not moderation, if evading "moderation" consist simply in hotlinking porn hosted on reddit.
> The Facebook Community Standards language is quite broad, not naming the emojis specifically but referring to “[commonly used] sexual emojis or emoji strings” as criteria which qualify as “Suggestive Elements.”
> “[Content] will only be removed from Facebook and Instagram if it contains a sexual emoji alongside an implicit or indirect ask for nude imagery, sex or sexual partners, or sex chat conversations”
> “We aren’t taking action on simply the emojis.”
> Nude photos where emojis cover genitalia, butts or female nipples are also now formally not allowed
I did click the link after writing that knee jerk comment. I think their page does a great job of explaining that pornography is banned but other content that would be considered “NSFW” is allowed but must be marked as “mature”.
I actually feel like it makes the title of the submission inaccurate and my point still stands there.
> Effective July 5, 2023, we will limit access to mature content via our Data API as part of an ongoing effort to provide guardrails to how explicit content and communities on Reddit are discovered and viewed.
Such a silly justification, as if children are using the API to find porn, which is so difficult otherwise.
* drawings are okay but no photos/video of actual people going at it
* no bestiality, rape, kids, incest, necrophilia, or dubcon/noncon
As a creator of horny art I do not look forwards to the day when Visa/Mastercard/Apple/Google/etc leans on Patreon and says "hey we banned all horny content, you can either ban it too or you can quit working with us".
Excuse me? That is exactly what Twitter accused the author of doing. The policy which Twitter referred to according to the article has the words “Non-consensual nudity policy” written in huge letters [1]. Do those words mean something other than revenge porn?
It wouldn't surprise me if an established NSFW platform adopted this feature as well, drawing away the people with those interests. And as the app developers have this rule from the beginning at least they're spared the backlash that Tumblr experienced when they banned nude content out of nowhere, paired with a content filter biased towards false positives.
Regardless of how much of an enlightened centrist you may think of yourself, there are behaviors you do or don't want to associate your platform with.
GitHub doesn't seem to have a problem with Automatic111's arguably racist Rimworld mods but it does seem to draw the line at linking to repositories containing suspect hentai that may come close to violating the law in some countries GitHub wants to provide its services in.
It's a business decision. Making fun of Black people is iffy but clearly not a deal breaker. Linking to pictures that bear a striking similarity to prebuscent (or at least blatantly underage) girls in the context of porn understandbly is.
> Users attempting to access the site are greeted with the message: ‘This subreddit was banned due to a violation of Reddit’s rules against non-consensual intimate media.’
It's perfectly logical. If a person does not exist... then they can't consent to having sexy pictures of them published!
> We believe developers and users should have the flexibility to use our services as they see fit, so long as they comply with our usage policies. We're exploring whether we can responsibly provide the ability to generate NSFW content in age-appropriate contexts through the API and ChatGPT. We look forward to better understanding user and societal expectations of model behavior in this area.
Seems even OpenAI can't resist the massive amount of money to be made in autogenerated smut.
As nice as their offering looks, their TOS prohibits hosting content that is "pornographic, obscene, fraudulent, or discriminatory, including any containing nudity, erotica, profanity, or obscenities" which is extremely restrictive. If you host a website that allows user content, someone posting the word "shit" or posting nude art photography could get your account closed. No thanks.
https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/acceptable-use-polici...
Now on the other hand this wasn't actually pornographic content, it was links to pornographic content and their TOS doesn't really make it clear that linking is not allowed.
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