Tag: extreme porn
Statement on proposed extension of extreme porn ban
The ‘extreme porn’ ban poses a greater threat to the morality and stability of this society than the speculative harms of possessing images merely depicting violence.
Ripper Street’s extreme porn as tittilation
Danny Broderick over at Freedom in a Puritan Age describes how a new BBC television series, Ripper Street, broadcasts images that, in a different context, would be illegal even to possess. An important point emerges from this situation. It is clear that legislators didn’t really think that the availability of […]
‘Extreme porn’ found on phone
A Sunderland man has admitted possession of a short video clip of male genital mutilation on his mobile phone. He was warned that he could have faced a jail sentence had he forwarded the image along to anyone else. The clip was sent to him by a friend. This is […]
Extreme porn charges against pensioner dropped
Jane Fae reports that a man facing charges of possessing extreme pornography has had the case against him dropped. The prosecution were unable to make the case that he intended to possess the images. Although Fae believes this spells greater ambiguity as to how the law can be prosecuted, I […]