Policing the digital red-light district: A think tank has called for the government to scrap its “ineffective” and “absurd” extreme pornography laws in a report.<\/p>\n
The new study from the Adam Smith Institute (ASI)<\/a> claims the laws can be used to incriminate thousands of innocent people, particularly gay men, and are a “blunt tool” for enforcing presumed moral values that are at odds with the “real sexual desires and practices” of Britons.<\/p>\n Obscenity laws need to be redrafted, starting with extreme pornography legislation, the ASI report argues.<\/p>\n Policing the digital red-light district: At present, the laws are so sweeping as to allow those who receive unsolicited images on WhatsApp<\/a> groups to be charged with possession of extreme pornographic images.<\/p>\n Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n The state\u2019s porn ID plans would lead to a credit card fraud boom<\/strong><\/p>\n Policing the digital red-light district: Plans unveiled in 2017 would force every adult accessing pornography online to prove their age by handing over their credit card details.<\/p>\n Websites that don\u2019t comply will be singled out by an as yet unappointed regulator and blocked by Internet Service Providers (ISPs). It\u2019s part of a Tory manifesto pledge to make it \u201cas hard for children to access violent and degrading pornography online as it is on the high street\u201d.<\/p>\n Policing the digital red-light district: Children should be protected online, but this policy will do next to nothing to stop them from stumbling upon hardcore pornography on the internet. Worse still, it will lead to a surge in credit card fraud, it is claimed.<\/p>\n Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n CREDIT CARD CHECKS FOR ONLINE PORN? BEEN THERE<\/strong><\/p>\n Could lack of a credit card prevent children from accessing Internet pornography? Puzzled parents in Great Britain are about to find out…<\/p>\n Credit cards as no-brainer verification tools?<\/strong> Policing the digital red-light district:<\/p>\n Lawmakers suggest that commercial porn sites use the one system they already have in place \u2013 credit card acceptance \u2013 as the most logical verification tool because UK youths must typically be over 18 to apply for a card of their own. No card? No porn.<\/p>\n Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n ALL porn sites will be forced to take your CREDIT CARD details from 2018 \u2018to protect kids\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n The aim is for all online porn to have age verification by April 2018.<\/p>\n It will be overseen by a new regulatory body, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media <\/a>and Sport<\/a> said.<\/p>\n Will Gardner, chief executive of internet safety charity Childnet<\/a>, said: \u201cProtecting children from exposure to adult content is incredibly important, given the effect it can have on young people.<\/p>\n \u201cSteps like this to help restrict access, alongside free parental controls and education, are key.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is essential to help parents and carers, as well as young people, be more aware of this risk and what they can do to prevent exposure and also to make sense of exposure if it happens.\u201d<\/p>\n Policing the digital red-light district – consumer comments:<\/p>\n Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pornography laws Policing the digital red-light district: A think tank has called for the government to scrap its “ineffective” and “absurd” extreme pornography laws in a report. 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\nUnder the well-intentioned new Digital Economy Act<\/a>, United Kingdom-based commercial porn sites will \u2013 starting in April 2018 \u2013 be required to verify the age of their customers in order to prevent access to those under 18. Sites that fail to age-verify could face fines, lose their third-party payment service or be blocked by the watchdog.<\/p>\n\n