( CNN ) -- Twitter has officially banned pornographic content on Vine , its year-old social-video service . The company announced the changes to its rules and terms of service on Thursday and will begin enforcing them immediately . Just days after Vine 's official launch in January of last year , reports surfaced about the presence of porn on Vine , a service for sharing 6-second long videos on Twitter and with other Vine users . It quickly became a popular spot for short clips of sexually explicit content , some posted by well-known porn stars . For the past year , there have been no official rules against pornographic videos , though the company worked to keep them out of the public eye by suppressing them in highly visible places like its Editor 's Picks and most popular lists . It did raise the minimum age for using Vine from 12 years old to 17 years old . The new rating in Apple 's App Store meant Vine carried a disclaimer that warned of `` frequent/intense sexual content or nudity . '' After the initial flurry of concern , the dark corner of Vine was mostly forgotten about by people who were n't actively seeking out salacious content , at least until last month , when a young man rose to temporary Internet fame when he filmed himself being intimate with a Pop Tart and then a Hot Pocket . He posted the videos to Vine , though they were quickly taken down . The timing is likely a coincidence . Twitter said the change in policy is just a matter of the type of content that fits with the Vine community . `` As we 've watched the community and your creativity grow and evolve , we 've found that there 's a very small percentage of videos that are not a good fit for our community , '' the company said in a post announcing the new rules . The new rules forbid videos of sex acts , whether they 're alone , with other people or with objects . Sexually explicit animations and nudity are also forbidden . However , Twitter is not blocking all nudity . It makes exceptions for any nudity that is documentary , artistic or educational . For example , breastfeeding photos will still be allowed , as will shots of `` nude protesters . '' Sexually suggestive content is also still welcome , as long as it 's clothed . Twitter is not assembling a full-time Vine porn enforcement task force . The content will largely be flagged by other Vine members using the `` Report this post '' option . Anyone who violates the new rules will have their account suspended until they delete the offending Vine . Repeat posters might have their account permanently suspended . Twitter will contact the users who have already uploaded large volumes of naughty Vines and ask them to remove the old content . `` We 're notifying users who have posted explicit sexual content in the past that they have a period to either take down or download their existing content using a new tool we 've created , '' a Twitter spokesperson said . That tool is only available for past porn posters for now .
Twitter is banning sexually explicit content on its Vine social-video tool . The year-old Vine allows users to post 6-second videos . Anyone who violates the new rules will have their account suspended .