Flickr will allow NSFW images to be uploaded behind a paywall

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With many social media platforms increasingly cracking down on images deemed to be risqué or lewd, image sharing platform Flickr has gone in a different direction, announcing it will allow paid users to upload certain content that other platforms would ban.

In an effort to draw in more paying subscribers, Flickr has confirmed it will change its content guidelines to only allow paid Flickr Pro users to post “restricted” or “moderate” content, which includes photos of “full-frontal nudity and sexual acts.” 

“Photographers who craft and create work that might be considered risqué by some will have a safe place online to interact with one another, share mutual interests, and put their art into the world without the fear of it being removed or them being banned entirely from the communities they love,” Head of Flickr Alex Seville wrote in a blog post. “But we’ve been lax in truly defining a space for these photographers, until now.”

While almost every online photography community has measures in place to limit access to content that could be perceived as harmful, offensive, inappropriate or not safe for work (NSFW), the one-size-fits-all approach means many images that aren't harmful are often swept up by restrictions. 

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