Posts Tagged ‘Verizon’
Tumblr: The Purge Continues
Editor’s note: This story is already out of date. It was written yesterday afternoon (17 December). However, by the time it was published, events had already moved beyond it. Specifically, Verizon has admitted that its purchase of Tumblr and AOL was largely a mistake. In fact, it has said that its content creation subsidiary, Oath,…
Read MoreVerizon: Tumblr was a mistake
Verizon, the owner of the Tumblr blogging platform as well as of AOL, now says that its purchases of the two content providing platforms was basically useless. Tumblr had been one of the most successful of the blogging sites on the Internet. However, in recent weeks, Tumblr said that all “adult” material (i.e., erotic) would…
Read MoreMy Own Tumblr Story
You’ll recall that Liberal Resistance dot Net has been steadily (some would say obsessively) following the recent affair of Tumblr’s decision to ban all “adult” material. The story means a lot to us because we’re opposed to censorship. Everyone here is a journalist, or a writer, or an essayist, or an artist…and free expression is…
Read MoreMore On The Decline Of Tumblr
As you will recall, we’ve been covering Tumblr’s recent (and unfortunate) decision to ban all “adult” material from its service. We’re appalled because it is pure censorship, and we were stunned that anyone at Tumblr would let it happen. However, we’ve learned that Tumblr has been going downhill for quite some time, now. Bonnie Kristian,…
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