  Tumblr has admitted that its app was pulled from the iOS App Store after child pornography was found on the platform
  The microblogging site removed its app from Apple’s online shop last week, prompting fans to speculate that the vast amount of legal sex content it hosts was to blame
  But it turns out the true reason for the takedown is much more sinister.  In a statement, Tumblr said it found ‘child sexual abuse material’ during an audit
  It went on to explain that everything that’s uploaded is compared to a database of illegal content in order to quickly flag up and remove illegal material
    It discovered disgusting content which was not included in this database.  In a statement, Tumblr wrote: ‘We’re committed to helping build a safe online environment for all users, and we have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to media featuring child sexual exploitation and abuse
  Advertisement   Advertisement   ‘As this is an industry-wide problem, we work collaboratively with our industry peers and partners like [the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children] (NCMEC) to actively monitor content uploaded to the platform
  ‘Every image uploaded to Tumblr is scanned against an industry database of known child sexual abuse material, and images that are detected never reach the platform
  ‘A routine audit discovered content on our platform that had not yet been included in the industry database
 We immediately removed this content.’  Advertisement   Advertisement  
