Tumblr is changing its policy and now allows nude posts, with some exceptions.

Tumblr, the social network founded by David Karp, has announced major changes to its community guidelines. Here and further Posting content that includes nudity or “sexual themes” will be allowed., as part of a feature that helped users better control the content they view on the platform; community labels.

“If your creations contain nudity, adult scenes, or sexual themes, you can now share them on Tumblr,” the company said in a statement. Tumblr does support some exceptions to being able to post this type of post. forbidsspecific, pornography or any other type of sexually explicit content, as well as images that focus only on the genitals. They also emphasize that the social network still bans “hatred, spam, threats of violence, or anything illegal.”

Historically significant artwork that you might find in a regular museum that depicts sexual acts, such as the Soong Indian Empire, is now allowed on Tumblr with proper labeling. Nudity and other adult material is generally welcome. We’re not here to judge your art, we’re just asking you to add a community tag to your adult content so people can choose to filter on their toolbar if they prefer.

Those mail that includes nudity or visually sexually explicit content, in addition to must be marked with a special label. Thus, users who browse the platform can choose whether to see this post type in their dashboard from tumblr.

Tumblr is bringing back nudity after being banned in 2018

Interestingly, this isn’t the first time Tumblr has allowed nudity on its platform. Actually, the company banned this type of content in 2018, arguing that “the Internet has no shortage of sites with adult content.” The change also comes months after Apple removed its app from the App Store for detecting child pornography. However, Tumblr’s decision resulted in a loss of 151 million page views per month. Which is 30% of those present on the platform, according to The Verge.

However, it is likely that Tumblr will improve its moderation this time around to prevent the platform from being flooded with sexual content that even minors can participate in.

Meanwhile, social networks such as Instagram they continue to take steps to prevent the publication of nudity, including in private messages. The app is working on a feature that will allow users to block and avoid sexual content that the user receives through messages. In this case, Instagram will blur the image to make it impossible to see its content and ask the user if they want to unblock it or report it instead.