Vine has already taken measures to hide porn and sexually explicit content, but in its latest move the video sharing site has decided to completely ban such content.
Updating its rules and terms of services, Twitter-owned Vine states that one cannot post content that is pornographic or sexually explicit.
The stringent crackdown comes even as it was revealed that the mini video service was chock full of ‘micro porn’ films.
Citing examples, Twitter has jotted down what it means by sexually explicit and what one can post or not post.
Explicit sexual content includes depictions of sex acts, nudity that is sexually provocative or in a sexual context, and graphic depictions of sexual arousal, it states. On the other hand, Twitter will allow Vine content with depictions of nudity or partial nudity that are primarily documentary, educational or artistic in nature.
Vine believes that this won’t affect majority users, save around 1 percent. In itsblog post, Vine writes,” For more than 99 percent of our users, this doesn’t really change anything. For the rest: we don’t have a problem with explicit sexual content on the Internet – we just prefer not to be the source of it.”
Users found violating this policy may be suspended and eligible for account restoration only after they have removed violating posts adhering to the new rules and terms. Severe or repeated violation of this policy may lead to permanent suspension.
Those who come across content on Vine that violates the updated policy can report it by tapping the button with three dots below the post and selecting “Report this post”.
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