Obscene porn rules relaxed in England and Wales (bbc.co.uk).
In reference to the much protested at the time “arbitrary” new laws a few years back adhering to the antiquated-in-internet-reality standards set out by the British Board of Film Classification (Pick of the Week 19th Dec. 2014) which criminalised, in the UK at least, the distribution of “aggressive” bondage themes, “verbal abuse” and the squirting not certainly not pissing female ejaculation very hard to avoid on any adult webcam or porn tube site and also of some relevance to the “extreme pornography” criminalised by Section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 which has seemingly been much misused by Inspector Knacker’s Old not-necessarily-looking-for-young Bill resulting in 2,236 cases in July 2008 and November 2011 (inherentlyhuman.wordpress.com), with an approximate division of 2,236 % 4 years resulting in 559 per year— rather than the 30 or so a year cases anticipated.
The Crown Prosecution Service had previously listed torture and bondage, among other acts, as obscene.
Distributing that type of pornography either on or offline could therefore have led to a prosecution.
But the CPS has now removed the list and replaced it with series of “tests” that determine whether an image or video, whether professional or amateur, is classed as obscene.
With said list-replacing “tests” making prosecution unlikely if depicted acts feature consenting adults where no serious “physical or otherwise” harm is caused, are not otherwise linked with other criminality—presumably meaning that vibrator disappearing completely up fanny isn’t first seen being stuffed full of weed or act isn’t accompanied with Drill track taunting rival gang with whom there is disputed bus stop territory—and that “likely” audience are not under 18.
The CPS said it would “continue to robustly apply the law to anything which crosses the line into criminal conduct and serious harm”.
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