Tumblr Pulled From Apple App Store Due to Child Porn

Blogging site’s filtering system didn’t spot illegal content

Tumblr, the popular blogging platform, has been removed from Apple’s App Store after child pornography made its way around the company’s filtering system.

The app was pulled on Nov. 16 and there’s no timeline for when it’ll be reinstated.

Tumblr was initially silent on why it was removed from the App store, but issued an updated statement on its disappearance on Monday, after Download.com reported its issues catching child porn. Tumblr, in its latest explanation, said that a “routine audit” found child porn content on its platform that wasn’t included in an industry database of illegal content the company uses to monitor its site.

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