Advertising and censorship on tumblr
If tumblr is blocking 29 search terms (tags) from a tumblr mobile app to stop "spammy porn," as David Karp, tumblr CEO, claims, why does the list of blocked tags include "depression"? And why does much of tumblr's list of blocked tags in 2013 eerily resemble the list of tags disappeared by LiveJournal five years ago, in 2008?
Who comes up with lists of search terms and tags to block? Why do both lists include mental health concepts such as "depression" which have nothing to do with porn?
Answer: the reason tumblr's and livejournal's blocked tag lists are so similar is because both tumblr and livejournal have fallen prey to carrying out a political agenda of Internet censorship. Pursuing the censorship: conservative USA hate groups. Their weapon: coercion of advertisers.
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