Government Takedown Demands

Like other technology and communications companies, Tumblr routinely receives content removal requests from governments and law enforcement agencies worldwide. These requests may allege that the reported content is in violation of local law(s), or the agency may ask us to review the reported content against Tumblr’s Terms of Service. The Transparency Report contains data on all government agency removal requests for each 6 month period noted in the sidebar. 

Evaluating Government Takedown Requests 

We carefully review each government takedown request, and are unable to process overly broad or vague requests. Court orders must be submitted in accordance with our legal guidelines, and takedown requests must clearly identify the content in question by providing a link or permalink to a blog or specific post. 

We first review any reported content in accordance with Tumblr’s policies and Terms of Service. 

We do not remove reported content if it does not violate Tumblr’s policies or Terms of Service, however we may restrict content where it is alleged to be in violation of local law(s). See the Content Restrictions section below for more information on this.

Content Restrictions 

When we receive a government-mandated demand or order to block access to content in a country due to alleged violation of local law(s), but the content does not breach Tumblr’s policies or Terms of Service, we may geographically restrict access to that content for users and visitors with IP addresses originating from that country. We include data about geoblocks in our Transparency Report.

Where content has been geographically restricted, we provide users of the affected content with a notification that the content has been restricted, the impacted country, and the authority that requested the content block.

For detailed information on Tumblr’s government takedown requests, please select a time period from the sidebar.