Twitter Bans Semen and Other Bodily Fluids (Blood, Feces)

Twitter Lists Semen as “Graphic Violence”

In March of 2019, Twitter updated their policies regarding sensitive media. This page expresses their terms as far as what is not allowed on the platform, and what content must be marked as “Sensitive” and hidden from users who do not wish to see that kind of content. What’s really interesting is that semen was listed under “Graphic Violence” (and not under adult content).

Has Twitter Has Banned Cum Shots and Similar Media?

This means that Twitter has essentially banned cum shots and anything involving semen from their site if it is not marked as sensitive. This means any visual depictions containing any kind of semen. It’s not clear as to whether or not fake / simulated semen is also banned, as it’s not technically a bodily fluid. The safe thing to do would be to avoid anything semen-related all together unless you have marked your account as containing sensitive media.

Exact Language From Twitter TOS:

Graphic violence

Graphic violence is any media that depicts death, violence, medical procedures, or serious physical injury in graphic detail. Some examples include, but are not limited to, depictions of:

violent crimes or accidents; physical fights; physical child abuse; bodily fluids including blood , feces , semen etc .; serious physical harm, including visible wounds; and severely injured or mutilated animals.



What is not a violation of this policy?

You can share graphic violence and consensually produced adult content within your Tweets, provided that you mark this media as sensitive. We may also allow limited sharing of hateful imagery, provided that it is not used to promote a terrorist or violent extremist group, that you mark this content as sensitive and don’t target it at an individual (via mentioning someone or including an identifiable individual within such images).

Spit and Other Fluids Potentially Banned Under New Policies

Notice we underlined the etc in the above copy/paste straight from Twitter’s Sensitive Media Policy. Although it’s only blood, feces and semen specifically mentioned, that etc indicates that any other bodily fluid could also be covered under this policy. This means everything from spit to squirting to pee. Basically, anything that comes from your body is now banned from Twitter unless your account is marked as sensitive.

Tips for Keeping Your Account in Good Standing

Make sure your account is marked as sensitive, and when you do post things that contain bodily fluids that you do not tag promoter accounts or friends accounts as to avoid “directly targeting” this “graphic violence” at people who could potentially not want to see it. Asking for retweets on your content is the best way to spread it. Simply say something along the lines of “RT if you enjoy!” within your post.

Warning About Social Media Automation

It’s also important that models take a look at their social media automation and what networks are auto-tweeting on their behalf. If you’ve got some automations that auto-post to Twitter when a new clip is uploaded or sold, and that automated tweet also posts multimedia (clip thumbnail, ect) those automations could post non-compliant content without your knowledge. There’s also other reasons performers might want to avoid social media automation, such as shadow-bans.

Adult-Friendly Social Media Sites

If you’re looking for Twitter alternatives, we’ve got a list of porn-friendly social media sites. Our social media page is separated into two sections: Sites that are adult-friendly, and mainstream sites. It is possible to promote through mainstream sites, although you just have to be really careful. Even on the adult-friendly sites, it’s still important to read the content policies and TOS to know what is and isn’t allowed. For example; Twitter is adult-friendly, although there’s limits to what can be posted.