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UK to Censor Online Videos of 'Non-Conventional' Sex Acts

posted by cmn32480 on Saturday November 26 2016, @04:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the what's-non-conventional-to-you-is-a-turn-on-to-me dept.

n1 writes:

Web users in the UK will be banned from accessing websites portraying a range of non-conventional sexual acts, under a little discussed clause to a government bill currently going through parliament.

The proposal, part of the digital economy bill, would force internet service providers to block sites hosting content that would not be certified for commercial DVD sale by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).

[...] Pictures and videos that show spanking, whipping or caning that leaves marks, and sex acts involving urination, female ejaculation or menstruation as well as sex in public are likely to be caught by the ban – in effect turning back the clock on Britain's censorship regime to the pre-internet era.

The scale of the restrictions only became apparent after the BBFC, which has since 1984 been empowered to classify videos for commercial hire or sale, agreed to become the online age verification regulator last month. A spokeswoman for the BBFC said it would also check whether sites host "pornographic content that we would refuse to classify".

[...] . A spokesman for DCMS [Department for Culture, Media and Sport] said the government's aim is to ensure that the same "rules and safeguards" that exist in the physical world also apply online.

Source: The Guardian

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 26 2016, @08:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 26 2016, @08:32PM (#433376)

    How fucking stupid. Some women are into all kinds of freaky shit, including degredation. My girlfriend is into hardcore rape play and shit. Its a bit fucking weird to me, but whatever gets her off.

  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 26 2016, @09:00PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 26 2016, @09:00PM (#433386)

    Oh it gets better.

    The Canadian law ended up banning some lesbian porn, which was found to violate the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, so the law was neutered.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Sisters_Book_and_Art_Emporium_v_Canada [wikipedia.org]

    Can't have a law banning porn made for women.

    • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday November 27 2016, @11:15PM

      by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Sunday November 27 2016, @11:15PM (#433810) Journal

      Mainstream "lesbian" porn...isn't. You know what you call a lesbian with a French manicure? SINGLE. Dateless. Celibate. Ow, ow, ow.

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      I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...