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Image hosting platform Imgur<\/a> is set to ban explicit images on its platform from May 15. The company updated its terms of service and said that the company will focus on removing \u201cnudity, pornography, & sexually explicit content\u201d from the site later this month.<\/p>\n

The MediaLab-owned company said that explicit content formed a risk to Imgur\u2019s \u201ccommunity and its business\u201d and disallowing such stuff will \u201cprotect the future of the Imgur community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The image hosting platform said that it will still allow artistic nudity but as it is switching to a mix of automatic and human moderation, there might be issues in uploading certain content.<\/p>\n

\u201cArtistic nudity will continue to be permitted, as it was permitted under the Rules previously \u2013 however, since we\u2019re calibrating automated detection in these early stages, some content that may have been permitted under \u2018artistic exceptions\u2019 previously may not apply here. We will not be issuing any warnings, account suspensions, or bans in relation to these automated flags \u2013 but this may impact what is allowed to be submitted or uploaded,\u201d Imgur said in its blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As Christian Selig, the developer behind Reddit client Apollo, pointed out<\/a>, this change might impact several NSFW subreddits that rely on Imgur for explicit image hosting. Many Reddit users are familiar with Imgur because Reddit didn\u2019t support image uploads at first. Users would rely on Imgur to upload images and then share them on Reddit.<\/p>\n

In 2018, Imgur stopped displaying images and search queries related to NSFW Reddit communities<\/a> on Imgur\u2019s website. At the time, the company said that explicit images were still allowed but had to be marked as \u201chidden\u201d.<\/p>\n

The same year, Tumblr famously banned porn from its platform<\/a> to comply with Apple\u2019s App Store rules. Last year, the company introduced a \u201cCommunity Labels\u201d feature<\/a> to let users filter out sensitive content easily.<\/p>\n

In addition to explicit images, Imgur is also removing old and unused photos that are not tied to an account. As a Twitter user noted, Imgur has been used for years to upload photos without an account and post links to different kinds of sites. Removing those images might result in a lot of dead links all over the internet.<\/p>\n

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universally popular web host @imgur<\/a> has decided to burn their library of alexandria and destroy every old forum post with images in it, as well as all the porn<\/p>\n

hope you didn’t like tutorials on how to fix your car pic.twitter.com\/t0x8eKKi91<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 walking mirage (@atomicthumbs) April 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

We have asked the company to specify what is the definition of an \u201cold and unused\u201d photo and will update the story if we hear back.<\/p>\n

Notably, in 2017, another hosting service called Photobucket changed its terms<\/a> and required users to get a $40 per month subscription to enable third-party hosting. This resulted in several broken links across many sites.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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