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   By Josh Beckerman 
 

Tumblr Inc., which is part of Verizon Communications Inc.'s (VZ), Oath Inc., said adult content won't be allowed on the platform starting Dec. 17.

Tumblr said it will email people whose existing content has been identified as adult, and flagged posts will revert to a private setting.

Yahoo Inc. bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion in 2013. Yahoo's core internet assets were sold to Verizon in 2017 for about $4.5 billion, and became part of Oath, which also includes AOL.

"Over the past several months, and inspired by our storied past, we've given serious thought to who we want to be to our community moving forward and have been hard at work laying the foundation for a better Tumblr," Tumblr said in a blog post.

In a September update to its community guidelines, Tumblr blocked material including hate speech and "glorification of violence."

Write to Josh Beckerman at josh.beckerman@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

December 03, 2018 19:45 ET (00:45 GMT)

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