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In UK a 39-year-old man has been convicted of possessing illegal cartoon drawings of young girls exposing themselves in school uniforms and engaging in sex acts. The case is believed to be the UK's first prosecution of illegal manga and anime images. Local media said that Robul Hoque was sentenced last week to 9-months' imprisonment, though the sentence is suspended so long as the defendant does not break the law again. Police seized Hoque's computer in 2012 and said they found nearly 400 such images on it, none of which depicted real people but were illegal nonetheless because of their similarity to child pornography. Hoque was initially charged with 20 counts of illegal possession but eventually pled guilty to just 10 counts.
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UK Convicts People with Manga Images Depicting (Imaginary) Children
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by cafebabe on Tuesday October 21 2014, @04:03AM
I believe this was covered in Chris Morris' Brass Eye Paedophilia Special [wikipedia.org]. He asked members of the public a question of the form "Is it alright to have a picture of a 21 year old woman who used to be a three year old girl?" to which most people said no.
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(Score: 2) by dublet on Tuesday October 21 2014, @11:22AM
One particular thing to highlight from the reaction to the show is this:
The Daily Star decried Morris and the show, and the Daily Mail ran a headline describing Brass Eye as "Unspeakably Sick". The Observer noted that the Star 's article was positioned next to a separate article about the 15-year-old singer Charlotte Church's appearance (under the headline "She's a big girl now", featuring the phrases "how quickly she's grown up" and "looking chest swell"), and that the Mail 's was preceded by "close-ups" of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, who were 13 and 11 at the time.
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(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday October 21 2014, @04:30PM
I do recall a /. article awhile back about Australia passing some law that makes it illegal for legal-age women to produce porn if they have childlike-looking chests.
That's right. You can be prohibited from making porn if your boobs aren't big enough.
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