Vine has apparently seen its fair share of porn, as the service has now slapped a ban on pornography and sexually explicit content.
For those unfamiliar with the service, Vine allows users to record, edit, loop, and share videos of up to six seconds long, using an iOS, Android, or Windows Phone device. While there are some pretty hilarious videos to be found on Vine, some users like to get down to business and share less-than-appropriate videos on the service.
In a recent blog post, the now-Twitter-owned Vine has announced that it has imposed a ban on "explicit sexual content" from its video-sharing social network. Vine has updated both its Rules and Terms of Service to reflect this newly-instated ban on pornography.
"As we've watched the community and your creativity grow and evolve, we've found that there's a very small percentage of videos that are not a good fit for our community," Vine explains in its blog post. "So we're making an update to our Rules and Terms of Service to prohibit explicit sexual content. For more than 99 percent of our users, this doesn't really change anything. For the rest: we don't have a problem with explicit sexual content on the Internet - we just prefer not to be the source of it."
Vine further highlights that this change comes into immediate effect, and users are encouraged to use the "Report this post" button if they stumble upon any pornographic material on the social network.
For users who are not quite sure what the service considers to be pornography, Vine has also set up an "explicit sexual content FAQ" page over at the Twitter Help Center just to make things clear for everyone. The FAQ page points out exactly what is now acceptable to post and what is not.
It's worth pointing out, however, that Vine is not banning nudity altogether. The video-sharing network still allows for content that is not "sexually provocative," such as nudity in artistic contexts or documentaries.
Those who break the rules and keep posting porn on Vine, on the other hand, could see their account suspended, according to the new Vine Rules.
