Author: Daniel
Judicial Review of ‘extreme images’ law
Backlash Media Information: Monday 27th October 2014 “Tiger porn” victim requests human rights review of “extreme pornography” law by Crown Prosecution Service The law penalising possession of “extreme pornography” faces judicial review by a defendant previously charged with having a video of woman having sex with a tiger. It was […]
Court of Appeal slash jail term for extreme porn victim
After they went to his house for an unrelated matter, a man handed over his laptop to police and ended up with a 14 month jail term. This has been cut to 4 months by the Court of Appeal. Backlash are seeking a transcript of that hearing, which does not […]
Children should be taught about porn on the net
Children should be taught about porn on the net. A statement of the bleeding obvious, one might have thought – but not to Michael Gove. Now the Telegraph are ratcheting up the pressure, with a ‘Better Sex Education’ campaign. NSPCC ‘research’* commissioned by The Telegraph claims to show that in […]
Sex, Lies and Porn Statistics
Zombie statistics staked through the heart. Honest truth from the Ministry of Truth. Read Unity’s forensic querying Quote: There are no clear or accurate statistics on the amount of porn that’s out there on the internet or on how many internet searches are made that are looking for porn or […]
Porn images for women by women
Backlash was founded by women, much to the surprise of the Home Office, and women play a prominent role in running the campaign. So this review in the Guardian of several female pornographers by Catalina May is a welcome recognition that not all pornography is exploitative. It ends with an […]
Judge criticises CPS
Lord Justice Richards queried why a man was prosecuted for possessing “indecent” images when the photos were available for sale in a string of respectable mainstream bookshops. Quashing the convictions he said the trial judge had failed to adequately direct the jury on the correct “objective standards” to be applied […]
A freedom too far
The Coalition have shied away from repealing the extreme images law, despite Liberals opposing the legislation when it was going through Parliament, and being in the Civil Liberties top 10 in the 2010 online consultation for repeal candidates. Backlash issued a press release confirming they will fight on. more…