>>9696842>>9696843PART TWO: It All Comes Tumbling Down
>Now having a large legal target on their foreheads, Tumblr needed to take action, and fast in order to save face>Fearing that another child pornography ring would slip through the cracks, the Yahoo-owned social media platform became willing to take out pornographic threats by any means necessary, even if it meant destroying their own credibility>And so on December 3rd, 2018, Tumblr made one of the most riskiest PR moves in human history>Starting on December 17th of that year, the Yahoo-owned social media platform would permanently ban all adult content on its’ platform, a direct one-eighty towards its’ more lenient and liberal NSFW policies from years prior>Now, to understand why this is so important, you must understand that in the past, Tumblr was well-known for hosting multiple porn-related accounts, with some having thousands of followers>Porn had been an integral part of the Tumblr experience, falling right behind fandom-related searches in terms of popularity>Many Tumblr users were obviously very mad that one of the staples to their precious site had been forcefully removed>In response to Tumblrina backlash, Jeff D’Onofrio, CEO of the site, stated that “there are no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content”, and that he will “leave it to them [porn blogs]” to find new environments>Little did Jeff know that he just made the biggest mistake of his life… 