Those who be “doing it for the vine” are upset about the companies new rules, which will ban all nudity and pornographic materials. A Change.org Petition has been established. Will it help?
Part of the petition.
The important role of the Vine app – as a medium for users to freely express themselves – is under threat from a new policy.
As of March 6th, 2014, Vine has decided to remove all content labeled “adult content” and to suspend or ban users creating any content labeled “adult.” Vine’s stated reason for doing this is because they want users to “be comfortable.”
Many of us – as users of vine – do not participate in viewing or creating adult content, but we all recognize Vine as a place for freedom of expression.
We are disturbed by the precedent set on Vine for other applications and websites, including Twitter. We are also disturbed that we are not allowed to choose what we view.
Vine’s perception of its users as a community that advocates censorship is wrong. There is nothing comfortable to us about the slippery slope of censorship.
New Petition Seeks to Stop Censorship on Vine was originally published on zhiphopcleveland.com
