![]() While Tumblr has offered Safe Mode since 2017, this feature only hides inappropriate posts through a content filter and are easily circumvented. Predators can DM (direct message) children privately, pretend to be a person their age and groom them-gaining their trust before asking them for a sext or inappropriate videos of themselves. “I would straight-up tell people I was 16 years old and people literally didn’t care,” One 16 year old girl could not stop sexualized comments being made on her photos. This allows all users to view, share, or comment on your child’s posts. There are work-arounds, such as making a secondary password-protected blog or changing all blog posts to private and hiding all posts, but it’s a cumbersome process. One user shared his experience reporting inappropriate content, “Tumblr would rarely respond.” If someone did, “they’d say they didn’t see anything wrong with it… Overall, the experience was just a hassle and not at all effective.” Tumblr accounts cannot be privateĪll posts default to public, and there is no way to make an account private. Tumblr users have reported inappropriate content for years while Tumblr turned a blind eye. While some of these images are taken down from Tumblr, others remain up at the time of publishing. The searches “Defend Europe” and “Hitler was right” populates numerous pieces of content with racist and homophobic language. Tumblr has been known to allow Nazism and White Supremacy posts despite claiming they do not allow hate speech. ![]() One anonymous user still had “explicit pornographic fan art of underage teens” recommended in their feed. Some users have found the algorithms push pro eating disorder content. Like other social media sites, Tumblr provides a platform for eating disorder cultures. While search terms such as “porn” and “suicide” have been banned, users come up with alternative spellings and words such as “p0rn”, an0rex1c” (anorexic), or “unalive.” Tumblr contains explicit adult content that is not safe for kids. ![]() ![]() However, this doesn’t mean Tumblr is actually safe for users that young. While Tumblr’s terms of service recommend the app for people 17+, users as young as 13 years old (or those who claim to be 13+) can join. ![]()
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