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While Silverberg acknowledges that these policies may be “at odds” with Scruff’s values as “a community that speaks openly and positively about sex, bodies, and intimacy,” he offers no clear resolution, just some non-committal industry speak about being held accountable.
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Moving forward, to comply with app store guidelines, the primary profile photo may not show jockstraps, underwear, or bikini-style swimwear.” Taking things one step further, Scruff’s guidelines also prohibit “photos of shorts or pants open to show underwear.” “Had this removal been permanent,” Silverberg continues, “it would have been devastating to our company and our community. So much so that Scruff CEO Eric Silverberg had to “ clarify” the news, explaining that the decision was made, much like Tumblr, in response to Apple briefly removing the app, which Silverberg says happened “earlier this year.”
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With so much perceived erosion of queer digital spaces, a recent update to photo guidelines on the gay male dating and hookup app Scruff has users understandably up in arms. Both Instagram and its parent company Facebook have been criticized for banning queer content, leading to cries of unfair censorship.
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The ban, however, didn’t seem to take into account Tumblr’s importance as a safe space for queer creatives at a time when those spaces are increasingly in danger. In the waning days of 2018, Tumblr signed its own death warrant when it banned explicit “adult content”-just days after the social media platform was removed from Apple’s App Store over the discovery of child pornography.