By blocking the tags #gay, #lesbian, and #bisexual from search results in mobile apps, Tumblr blacklisted a lot of advocacy content in addition to porn, which has some LGBTQ users calling it “ a crackdown on our very identities.” It looks particularly bad for Tumblr because the site chose not to block #bi, which is far more pornographic than #bisexual, a term which was similarly blacklisted from Google’s instant search until advocacy groups successfully petitioned to make it searchable.
