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TV Censorship | TV & Radio News | Contact Regulators |
| Ofwatch | Films On 4 | ||
| Internet TV | IMCB regulating Phone TV |
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UK Censorship | UK News | Government Censorship | Parliament Watch |
| European News | Criminalising Extreme Porn | Customs Watch | ||
| Petitions & Campaigns | Criminalising P4P | Customs Seizures | ||
| Satirically Dangerous Pics |
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World Censorship | World News | US News | Press Freedom |
| World Censors | Australia News | Travel Guide | ||
| World Campaigns | European News | Internet Blocking & Circumvention | ||
| UK News |
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Nutter Watch | Nutter News | Religious Watch | Mary Whitehouse |
| Beyer Watch | Andrea Dworkin | |||
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Liberty Watch | Liberty News | Liberty in Brief |
| Control Freaks | Internet Blocking & Circumvention | ||
| Bollox Britain | |||
| US Watch |
| World News Index | News: European: 2007 2008 Latest |
| News: World: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest | |
| News: Press Freedom 2007 2008 Latest | |
| News: US: 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest | |
| News: Australian: 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest | |
| News: World Censors: 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| World Censors Index | Censors: China Lost in Beijing Chinese film censors explain secret decision making (Dec 2007) |
| Censors: Australia Censoring the Insensible Australia's new censor outlines his approach (Oct 2007) | |
| Censors: Thailand Ministry of Censorial Culture (March 2007) | |
| Censors: New Zealand An Interview with Bill Hastings (Oct 2006) | |
| Censors: Ireland No longer at the cutting edge (July 2006) | |
| Censors: Italy Censorship of movies, video & TV (Feb 2006) | |
| Censors: Germany Video Censorship | |
| Censors: USA The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) | |
| Censors: Japan A Short Introduction to Japanese Censorship (offsite Oct 2006) |
| BBFC News 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| Police Censorship Dare Devils at the BBFC (Sep 2006) |
| BBFC lay down the law on blasphemers by Mark Kermode (Feb 2006) |
| Appeal against BBFC cuts to Last House on the Left (June 2002) |
| What Are They Scared Of? Mark Kermode on Last House on the Left (June 2002) |
| Current Guidelines includes policy on enemas, fisting & Female Ejaculation (Jan 2005) | |
| Previous Guidelines In use 2000-2004 | |
| Animal Cruelty as governed by the Animals Act (Aug 2003) | |
| Drug Use Changes since the Ferman era (Dec 2003) | |
| Criminal Technology to open a lock with a credit card (Feb 2002) | |
| Advisory Age Classification Duval sees age ratings becoming voluntary (Feb 2001) | |
| Video Nasties Guidelines for the recent re-releases (Sept 2000) |
| Monster Love Carol Topolski tells of being a film censor under James Ferman (Jan 2008) | |
| Robin Duval End of Term Interview with Mark Kermode (Sep 2004) | |
| Jan Chambers Recently resigned examiner writes for the Guardian (Aug 2002) | |
| Quentin Thomas Spews the usual bollox (Aug 2002) | |
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Robin Duval at the OFLC International Ratings Conference (Sept 2003) |
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| Robin Duval talks online on the Guardian Talkboards (Feb 2002) | |
| Robin Duval on a 'Liberal' BBFC (Dec 2001) | |
| Bishop Whittam Smith (Jan 2001) | |
| Saatchi & Smith Whittam Smith on Saatchi exhibition (March 2001) | |
| Whittam Smith on the PG-12 (July 2001) |
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Legalisation of R18 Hardcore |
Chapter 1: Jacking Off the Censor Hardcore snippets temporarily got BBFC approval in 1997 |
| Chapter 2: Makin' Whoopee in Summer 1998 | |
| Chapter 3: Rumours of a Return to Porn in November/December 1998 | |
| Chapter 4: Porn is In & Out & In & Out Again the state of play in January 1999 | |
| Chapter 5: The Video Appeals Committee Forcing the BBFC to respect the law, May 1999 | |
| Chapter 6: Censoring Safer Sex Discrimination at the BBFC. May 1999 | |
| Chapter 7: Hiding Behind Children Giving up on obscenity and using concern for children, July 1999 | |
| Chapter 8: The VAC R18 Appeal Report from the VAC Appeal, July 1999 | |
| Chapter 9: An Appealing Victory Video Appeals Committee judgment allows hardcore, August 1999 | |
| Chapter 10: The Censor and the State BBFC seek Judicial review, winter 1999/2000 | |
| Chapter 11: Judicial Review Confirms Legality of Hardcore: Spring & Summer 2000 | |
| Chapter 12: More Sex Shops Required according to Andreas Whittam Smith, November 2000 | |
| Chapter 13: The Legalisation of Hardcore: A recap 1997-2000 |
TV Index |
TV & Radio News: | 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| Ofwatch: | 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest | |
| Internet TV: | 2007 2008 Latest |
| Richard Hooper in Hong Kong Do as we say not as we do (23rd Sept 2005) |
| Piss Poor Regulation Ofcom denying Freedom of Information requests (11th July 2005) |
| Ofcom TV Content Consultation Response form Shaun (Oct 2004) |
| Television Without Frontiers Response from Censor Watch (July 2003) |
| UK News: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| Offsite linked articles |
| UK Petitions & Campaigns |
| Scottish Greens: Policy to end restrictions on the adult consensual sex trade (Nov 05) |
| Lib Dems: A Liberal View Charles Kennedy on pornography laws (Oct 05) |
| Lib Dems: Censorship and Freedom of Expression (pdf March 04) |
| Lib Dems: Talking Shop (Sex shops that is) (Sep 02) |
| Hall Of Shame "I don't believe in censorship BUT...." |
| Hall Of Fame The good guys |
| Parliament Watch: 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| Government Censorship News 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| Extreme Porn News: 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| Consultation: Non-photographic depictions of child abuse (12th March 2008) |
| Extreme Porn: Criminal Injustice & Immigration Bill 2nd Reading Debate (19th Oct 2007) |
| Extreme Porn: Published Responses to the Government Proposals (2005-2006) |
| Extreme Porn: A summary of Scottish Extreme Pornography Consultation Responses (April 2006) |
| Extreme Porn: A legal opinion on the Extreme Pornography Proposals by Rabinder Singh QC (Dec 2005) |
| Extreme Porn: Government Consultation on Extreme Pornography Responses (May 2006) |
| Intimidating the BBC. News about the Iraqi War not pro-Government enough (Feb 2004) |
| Sexual Offences Act 2004 (Jan 2004) |
| Parliament Watch: Blasphemy (June 2003) |
| XXX, a Home Office Comment (May 2003) |
| Communications Bill 2002 (Nov 2002) |
| Latest from the Department of Culture, Media, Sport and Proscription (Feb 2001) |
| UK Law |
| Possession of Pornography and The Dangerous Pictures Act (May 2008) |
| Communications Law State spying in Britain that would make the Stasi proud (Feb 2008) |
| Hated Law Blasphemy, racial and religious hatred law (Dec 2007) |
| Lap-dance protesters need to know the law (Dec 2007) |
| Outraging Public Decency Where the law says you can have sex (Nov 2007) |
| Human Rights Links to the Human Rights Act 1998 & case history updates (Oct 2006) |
| Issues with the Sexual Offences Act of 2004 (June 2005) |
| High Court Judgement confirming that R18 by mail order is illegal (offsite May 2005) |
| Proscription of Satellite Channels Used by the Government to ban channels (Feb 2005) |
| Court of Appeal judgement from R vs Stephane Laurent Perrin UK Internet jurisdiction (offsite March 2002) |
| Video Recordings Act: A detailed view (May 2001) |
| The Legalisation of Hardcore High Court review of VAC decision to pass hardcore at R18 (offsite May 2000) |
| Legal Debate Mail order R18s, satellite proscription etc |
| Enforcement | Customs Watch news about the enforcement agency with an attitude problem |
| Customs Seizures since the change of guidelines in 2000 | |
| Censorship the Corollary of Corruption Part 1 Part 2 The serialisation of a novel by Mike Freeman | |
| Piss Poor Standards at Derby Trading Standards (Oct 2005) | |
| Customs Operation Star Trek Child porn raid initiated for videos featuring 21 year olds (Sept 2005) | |
| Non Consensual Punishment Crown Persecution Service on spanking (Dec 2003) | |
| Model Persecutions Cheshire police excel in persecution (July 2003) |
Nutter Watch |
| Nutter News: 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Latest |
| Beyer Watch: 2008 Latest |
| Obituary: Mary Whitehouse (Nov 2001) |
| Obituary: Andrea Dworkin (April 2005) |
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Liberty Watch |
Liberty News: | 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| Control Freaks: | 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest | |
| Bollox Britain: | 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest | |
| US Watch: | 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest | |
| Liberty in Brief | Latest |
| Opinion: 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 |
| Depraved Indifference: I don't find bestiality hot...or all that horrible (9th Jan 06) |
| Victims of Porn Let's give them sympathy, not a Congressional hearing (8th Jan 06) |
| Political Correctness: Freedom of speech is being suppressed (6th Jan 06) |
| No Way to Make a Law Matthew Parris on Religious Hatred Law (June 05) |
| Why the Act is Indecent. QC examines the Sexual Offences Act (May 04) |
| Ridiculous Censorship Law A close-up view of censorship law (April 04) |
| Miramax Bullies Open letter on the subject of imports of Asian movies (Dec 04) |
| Television Without Frontiers: TV via Internet, Response from Ofwatch (May 05) |
| Television Without Frontiers: Protection of Minors, Response from Ofwatch (July 03) |
| Where Do You Draw the Line by Ian Greenwood (July 03) |
| The ITC & R18: In depth research (April 03) |
| Protecting the Public: The SFC response to the Sexual Offences Bill (Feb 03) |
| The Porn Debate: Tuppy Owens speaking at Oxford Union (Nov 98) |
| Legal Debate Mail order R18s, satellite proscription etc |
Research |
Games: Latest: Relax! Research suggests that violent video games calm people down (April 2008) |
| Media Latest: Ten things wrong with the ‘effects model’ (April 2008) | |
| Music: Latest: Rap makes people sexist (Feb 2008) | |
| Television & Films: Latest: Violent Films Cut Crime (Jan 2008) | |
| Advertising Latest: Fair Game? Suitable advertising on websites popular with children (Dec 2007) | |
| Games: Latest: Violent Video Games as Exemplary Teachers: A Conceptual Analysis (Nov 2007) | |
| Sexualised Society: Latest: Psychological Harm in 'Sex Sells' Society (Feb 2007) |
Sex Aware |
| Pornography: Latest: Danish study finds that users consider porn a positive influence (April 2008) |
| Swinging: The Repression of Swingers in Early 21st Century Britain (Aug 2007) |
| Sexual Health: Clearing One's Throat: Oral sex linked to throat cancer (May 2007) |
| Female Ejaculation: Latest: Shiofuki and the art of female ejaculation (Aug 2006) |
| Sex Economics Why is it that prostitution is so relatively well-paid? (May 2006) |
| Child Abuse: No Links to Abuse No link between child porn and sexual abuse (Dec 2005) |
| Williams Report: The Harms of Pornography from the Williams Report of 1981 (Dec 2005) |
| Pornography Benefits: Attackers Ignore Porn Benefits By John C. Boseman (Sept 2003) |
| Online Sex Shops Toys, lingerie, bondage etc | |
| Online Adult DVDs | |
| Online Adult Videos | |
| Online Adult Magazines | |
| Online Internet Video Video on demand, video streaming and Internet TV | |
| Online Gay Shops | |
| Online Offers, announcements & new products | |
| Sex Shops List in the UK and Ireland | |
| Satellite X Channel Review |
Sex Sells |
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| Pay For Pleasure (p4p) | 2007 2008 Latest |
| Sex Sells News | 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| Sex Shop News | 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| Legal News | 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| Satellite X News | 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| Internet Video News | 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| Phone Sex News | 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| Technology News | 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| Sex For Fun News | 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| Gay News | 2007 2008 Latest |
| Advertising News | 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| Magazine News | 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| Sex Aware: | 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
| US News | 2007 2008 Latest |
| International News | 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Latest |
Sex Sells: Articles |
| Prostitution Online in Ireland (Jan 2007) |
| Hardcore Anime The Ascent of Japanese animated porn (July 2006) |
| EU Prostitution Law A summary (May 2006) |
| Sex Tourism in the Philippines...Enjoy! (March 2006) |
| Europe's Brothel Sex sells in Spain (March 2006) |
| After the US left the Philippines The sex trade continues in Olongapo and Subic (Nov 2005) |
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Adult pay TV in US hotels Big business and the more hardcore, the better (Nov 2005) |
| Inside the strange world of the private dancers and the hands off security team (Sept 2005) |
| Not In Knoxville Massively restrictive laws threaten the adult industry (July 2005) |
| US Recording Requirements of Participants Ages Used for Control Freakery (May 2005) |
| A vivid insight into the American adult industry (March 2005) |
| Inside Deep Throat, the Documentary (Feb 2005) |
| Free Speech Coalition: A Report on the Adult Entertainment Industry (Jan 2005) |
| Sex shop owner sets out his case against Derry council (Dec 2004) |
| Sex Sells in Edinburgh Opinions and reviews of Edinburgh sex shops (Nov 2004) |
| Nudity Free in Hollywood, Adult ratings limit box office (April 2004) |
| Sex Sells to Web Surfers a CNN overview of the sex market (Dec 2003) |
| Men and Porn (Nov 2003) |
| Beware of Soho Clip Joint Thugs (Oct 2003) |
| The Oldest Profession (July 2003) |
| XXX-ceptable The American hardcore business (July 2003) |
| Porn & Pot flying high in the American economy (May 2003) |
| Sex Sells in Hollywood (Nov 2002) |
| Ashcoft's Porn War (July 2002) |
| Sex Sells in Stringfellow's club (March 2002) |
| Sex Sells at Table Dancing Club in Harrogate (March 2002) |
| Danni Ashe & Why Sex Still Leads the Net (February 2002) |
| Sex Sells: But Not on the Top Shelf (May 2001) |
| Soho Peep Show Rip-Offs (April 2001) |
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Archive Remembering the 20th Century |
BBFC |
DVD Hits |
| Computer Hits | |
| Computer Games Interview with a BBFC examiner | |
| Nunchakas The BBFC attitude to martial arts weaponry | |
| Anime Interview with a BBFC examiner | |
| Camcorder Sex Worries about the side effects of heavy cutting | |
| The BBFC Roadshow: Edinburgh 1999 Public consultation | |
| BBFC News: 1999: Watching the BBFC watch what we watch |
BBFC People |
Confessions of a Censor by Ros Hodgkiss |
| Sinful Days in Soho by Maggie Mills | |
| The Ferman Chainsaw Massacre | |
| Ferman on Porn Hard questions | |
| Ferman Looks Back on almost a quarter of a century | |
| Ferman's Farewell to The British Film Academy | |
| Whittam Smith: Do R18s harm our children? (May 2002) | |
| Whittam Smith Interview on Talk Radio | |
| Why I Passed Lolita for Cinemas by Andreas Whittam Smith | |
| Whittam Smith on The Exorcist | |
| Whittam Smith on Happiness and life, the universe and everything | |
| Duval Speak Duval's false claims of 'sadistic' sex in R18 videos (Feb 2000) | |
| Tea with the Censor An interview with Robin Duval | |
| Robin Duval Idiots at the BBFC | |
| Jim Barratt Toes the BBFC line | |
| Richard Falcon An interview with an emphasis on horror (March 2002) | |
| A Censor's Life John Taylor, BBFC Vice President (May 1999) |
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Government Censorship Archive |
| Attitude to Hardcore Channels Department for Culture, Media, Sport & Proscription |
| Channel Bizarre Department for Culture, Media, Sport & Proscription |
| The Home Office Sounding more liberal than they ever could really be |
| Backing HM Thieves & Excise Kate Hoey states the Government case |
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UK News Archive |
| UK Censorship News Archive: 1998 1999 |
| Parliament Watch Archive: 1996 1997 1998 1999 |
| A Liberal Tory The case against sex censorship: A Conservative View (2000) |
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TV Policy Archive |
Films On BBC Some insight into BBC's attitude to cutting films on TV |
| BSC Guidelines Worthless guidelines on taste and decency (23rd July) | |
| BSC Attitude to sex on TV an interview with Lady Howe | |
| BSC Annual Report 1999 A worthless report (21st October) | |
| Sky's Digibollox Digital Handcuffs |
| The Legalisation of Hardcore High Court review of Video Appeals Committee allowing hardcore at R18 (offsite May 2000) | |
| Human Rights Act 1998 Incorporation of the European Convention of Human Rights | |
| Mark Wright v Customs Campaign to challenge the law on the personal import of porn | |
| Taking Homophobic Britain to Court Challenging crap law in the European Court (Jan 2000) | |
| A Barrister's View arguing in support of Ferman's porn liberalisation | |
| Blasphemy Ruling at the European Court of Human Rights |
Enforcement |
Customs Poking Around in your Lap-top |
| Customs Guidelines & Seizures | |
| Customs Seizures Returned A very rare victory | |
| Customs Lift Tower Siege Another rare victory | |
| Defending Crap Law Maintaining bad law via the threat of escalating costs (Oct 2000) | |
| Computer Seizures The anatomy of a computer raid | |
| Modplod & Book Censorship Political censorship by harassment | |
| Obscene Interpretation of the Law Police raid on David Flint by Tom Dewe Mathews | |
| Busted David Flint tells of his experience of a police raid | |
| The Story of an Obscenity Trial The only obscenity is British Justice (Feb 2000) | |
| Selling Porn Taped from Satellite Trading Sub-Standards fail to entrap (Nov 2000) | |
| The Black Market for Sex Videos The Pornographer’s Best Friend (Feb 2000) |
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Gallery Archive |
| Die Hard with a Vengeance, Bloody fight in lift |
| The Evil Dead The BBFC didn't like home made weapons, including pencils! |
| Face/Off Do you have protection? |
| Fist of Fury Chainsticks abound |
| Game of Death Chainsticks feature |
| Mulan 'A vicious head-butt' offends the BBFC |
| Mystery Men The mystery of the missing ear clap |
| The Rescuers A Topless woman in a Disney film |
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Sex Sells Archive |
Out of the Shadows The upsurge of the mainstream adult industry (August 2000) |
| British Sex Magazines Hardcore magazines produced in Britain | |
| Erotic Review A woman's magazine banned at WH Smiths | |
| Sex Objection Anna Ford shamefully objects to sex | |
| US Porn Outsells Cinema | |
| Corporate Hardcore The biggest US companies get in on the act (Oct 2000) | |
| California's Adult Entertainment Industry Facts & figures | |
| Juli Ashton Making porn respectable in the US | |
| Lap Dancing Probably better described as table dancing | |
| Millions Engage in Cybersex from the Colorado Springs Gazette | |
| Respectable Web Porn A nice and easy living to be made | |
| Pornography: The Secret History of Civilisation | |
| Virtually Unstoppable Porn Business analysis of online porn |
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