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'Abhorrent' step-incest porn to be banned with up to five years in prison (metro.co.uk)

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[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 25 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

The Ministry of Justice said that possessing and publishing porn showing incest between family members and sex between step or foster relatives where one person pretends to be under-18 would be a crime.

So it's only a crime if they pretend to be under-18, and I haven't seen any porno where anyone pretends to be under-18. There's literally a category called barely 18. No one ever pretends to be under, but they do pretend to be barely-18.

Jess Asato, the Labour MP for Lowestoft, said: ‘After many years of campaigning to ensure online pornographic content is subject to the same rules as offline content,

When the fuck was under-18 porn ever legal? WTF? Also, isn't the age of consent in the UK 16 years old?

What the fuck is the point of this? Why the fuck is it needed? Who is it helping? What is it fixing? NOTHING.

Fucking jokers... Go tax the billionaires and fix the NHS and the cost of the living crisis you cunts .

[–] 1D10@lemmy.world 2 points 12 minutes ago

The thing is they really don't have grounds to ban "step" porn, but this will make their supporters think "he is going after them gross porn people" while downloading a VPN. It might have a chilling effect on porn producers, for a few minutes, but unless your porn had an actor explicitly state "I'm under 18" you are probably ok. I know this is UK based but the whole point of the law " act cool for my voters" is pretty universal.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 1 points 3 minutes ago

If you read further you see this, though:

"Step-incest pornography and that which depicts performers as children is abhorrent"

So it's not just if they pretend to be under 18. I think. I don't know. I don't think they know either. I think they're trying to score cheap political points.