Tumblr's iOS app disappears from the App Store, due to inappropriate content


The iOS application of mini blog service " Tumblr " disappeared from Apple's App Store. Tumblr has reported to the user that it is "working to resolve the problem" on the official help center, but even after 3 days elapse from the deletion the application will not be restored on the App Store is.

November 16, 2018: Issues with the iOS app - Help Center
https://tumblr.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360012260613-November-16-2018-Issues-with-the-iOS-app

Tumblr is missing from Apple's App Store - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/17/18100156/tumblr-apple-app-store-ios-missing

In the third week of November 2018, some users began to notice that the Tumblr app disappeared from the App Store. The first thing we reported on this was Piunika Web , where users who tried to delete and reinstall the application once took up that they could not find the Tumblr app on the App Store.


Although it was already "It was impossible to find the Tumblr application from the App Store" at this point, it seems that it was possible to reinstall the Tumblr application from the "purchased" application list.


Tumblr reports on the official help center that it is working on solving the problem occurred on the iOS application at 10:28 on November 16, 2018 local time, but on November 18, 2018 Even at 14:57, I have just reported that "I am still working on the issue of iOS applications, which is the top priority at the moment," and how far the problem with iOS applications is progressing remains unknown.

On Twitter it is pointed out that there is a possibility that due to inappropriate contents of a specific type, the reason why Apple deleted Tumblr application from the App Store.


by Yoann Boyer

Actually, in February 2018, Apple deleted the message application Telegram from the App Store for the reason "It is used for child pornography delivery". Apple's iOS guidelines states that applications available on the App Store are "requiring some content filter to screen inappropriate content" and Telegram was determined not to satisfy this It disappeared from the store. And since Tumblr who disappeared from the App Store this time permits content for NSFW and adults, the possibility that they disappeared from the App Store due to them is fully considered .

Tumblr has also temporarily blocked access from Indonesian government due to content for adults in the past.

Tumblr forbids access as it contains extreme porn content - GIGAZINE

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