THE WEEKLY READER
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Terms of Service: Inside Social Media’s War on Sex Workers
by Reina Sultan
Instagram has long used strict terms of service (TOS) to antagonize sex workers, banning nude, partially nude, pornographic, and sexually suggestive photos. However, the application of these rules is up to Instagram’s discretion. Each new iteration of the TOS introduces more restrictive rules that further censor sex workers; most recently, flagging anything that use emojis, including the eggplant or peach, in a sexually suggestive manner.
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