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August 20, 2012 10:12 pm GMT

Is Tumblr Quietly Cracking Down On NSFW Porn? Two Deleted Sites Say Yes

not found on tumblrAt 69.4 million blogs and nearly 30 billion posts to date, the rush of growth at blogging site Tumblr has for years had a seedy undercurrent: the popular site is home to a long tailof raunchy, NSFW adult content. But now, a few signs are pointing to the company cracking down on it, with the sudden deletion of several popular porn blogs within a short space of time.We've pointed out before how Tumblr was actually okay with porn -- as long as you flagged it clearly and didn't add video -- but now a couple of porn publishers tell us that their sites have now been taken down, apparently without violating those rules.

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