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Content moderation unfairly silences queer expression
['Peak Web']
The Peak
Websites removing NSFW content to appease payment processors or app stores is not a new phenomenon.
In response, Tumblr purged all explicit content, erasing vast swathes of the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities’ content on the platform.
The reason is 2SLGBTQIA+ content gets flagged as NSFW even when dealing with non-sexual themes.
Heteronormative content is able to get away with a lot more, and gets to exist in a grey area of appropriateness that is not afforded to queer content.
It’s not that the content is explicit, it’s that content with queer characters gets flagged for just existing.