wolf359 posted at 11:09PM Wed, 26 December 2018 - #4342484

I was using it as an excuse to find out what other experiences people had with bot censorship,

No opinion on the Tumblr matter( dont use it,dont care)

However Bots can not impose "censorship" Nor can private website admins/ moderators etc.

Only your Government can impose censorship with its prevailing authority to make constitutionally protected free speech/ expression subject to criminal prosecution.

A website is private property thus subject to the arbitrary standards of its owners or duly authorized agents and can subjectively filter the types of Data being uploaded to their Private servers or linked to in their publicly available forums.

Hate to disagree here, but this is a basic misunderstanding of what censorship really is. ANYONE can censor someone or something. The difference is that BECAUSE of the SECOND Amendment in the Constitution, the US Government is expressly forbidden FROM doing it except for certain instances.

While private websites can censor images and speech, they are subject to civil laws for which they can be sued.