Since its 2007 inception, microblogging and social networking platform Tumblr has gone through several major changes in management, each with a new strategy and set of rules, but none as drastic as the latest policy revision seemingly prompted by a recent iOS App Store ban.

Owned by Yahoo between 2013 and 2017, then transferred under the supervision of Verizon subsidiary Oath, the New York-based company is finally cracking down on pornographic material.

But while Apple reportedly had a problem with child sexual exploitation and abuse photos routinely shared via the popular ...