Pornography (UK)
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The following porn is banned in the UK:
- 'child' porn (featuring under 18's) (PoCA; SOA), including 'pseudo-photographs' (CJA; CJaPOA)
- an act which threatens a person’s life (CJaIA)
- an act which results, or is likely to result, in serious injury to a person’s anus, breasts or genitals (CJaIA)
- an act which involves or appears to involve sexual interference with a human corpse (CJaIA)
- a person performing or appearing to perform an act of intercourse or oral sex with an animal (whether dead or alive) (CJaIA)
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[edit] R18
films that are rated 'R18' are only allowed to be sold in licenced sex-shops.
[edit] Examples of non-censorship
The sun, a popular UK newspaper, always features a page-3 model with her tits out.
The internet is relatively uncensored with regards to porn.
[edit] 'Children'
You are not allowed to sell porn to 'children' (defined as under 18)
[edit] IANAL
I am not a lawyer, but does anyone understand the situation with reguards to:
sadistic porn: sadism is a bit hit-and-miss in the UK as to wether it counts as malicious wounding; and there are laws about showing illegal things, i think? so is/can sadistic porn be illegal?
I also seem to remember a law about simulated rape? so is rape-fetish porn illegal?
[edit] Porn censorship in different mediums
- internet -- relatively lax, tho not through intent
- books -- relatively lax
- tv -- strict. iirc, no erect cocks/penetration?
- film -- no erect cocks outside R18?
- others
