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Gay cruise company imposes new social media rules

BuzzFeed news reports that Gay cruise company Atlantis Events, has officially warned passengers on the recent Caribbean sail aboard the Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas about new social media rules against posting anything sexually explicit on social media.

The new policy was jointly created by Atlantis Events, which is one of the oldest and largest LGBTQ travel companies in the US, and Royal Caribbean, the second-largest cruise line company in the world, after adult videos filmed by passengers while on board were posted on social media and other adult content platforms.

The updated departure handbook, delivered to the passengers ahead of the sailing states that “While we want everyone to have fun, there are limits and so we ask that you be respectful of all guests and our cruise partners. Please do not post anything explicitly sexual on social media in a public forum or other online space. Any guest who posts or publishes an explicit and publicly visible photo or video will be asked to leave the ship with no refund.¨

The policy also applies to platforms like Just for Fans or OnlyFans, if either Atlantis Events or Royal Caribbean are identifiable without their permission in the posted content.

The handbook also advises that the issue is taken very seriously and a team of volunteers would be monitoring this policy.

Rich Campbell, the founder and CEO of Atlantis Events, told BuzzFeed News that the policy was communicated to guests at the request of cruise ship companies. “The cruise lines have asked me to include that and that's not such a strange request,” Campbell said. “They don't want their brand featured.”

“We’ve always taken a one-off approach to [such content]. If we see something like that then we contact the person who did it and say, ‘Hey, please take that down,’ and they usually do,” Campbell said. “And the cruise lines asked us to put that out publicly so we did.”

A spokesperson for Royal Caribbean International told BuzzFeed News the two companies “together established this policy to protect the safety and privacy of all guests onboard.”

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