Posted on 06 May 2020
Tumblr has launched its new witch-hunt style initiative to wipe out “hate speech” on the platform for good. Tumblr released a blog announcing its crackdown on offensive speech headlined “Updates to how we enforce our Community Guidelines on hate speech” on May 4. Tumblr claimed to be “steadfast believers in free speech” before showing its true colors — bragging about its accomplishment of “approximately 4.47M reblogs being removed from Tumblr.” The Independent summarized how Tumblr’s method of crackdown was unique to the platform:...