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| World News Index | News: US: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| News: Americas: 2009 2010 Latest | |
| News: UK 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest | |
| News: West Europe: 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest | |
| News: Middle East: 2009 2010 Latest | |
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| News: Australia: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest | |
| News: International: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest | |
| News: Press Freedom 2007 2008 Discontinued | |
| News: World Censors: 2005 2006 2007 2008 Discontinued |
| World Censors Index | India: CBFC Online (May 2010) |
| UAE: City of Restricted Life (April 2010) | |
| New Zealand: The OFLC (March 2010) | |
| Japan: Film Censorship in Japan Eirin (March 2010) | |
| Malta: Censors reveal their guidelines (Jan 2010) | |
| South Africa: Video game classification guidelines (June 2009) | |
| Singapore: An interview with a Singaporean film censor (April 2009) | |
| Hong Kong: Category III (Feb 2009) | |
| Ireland: Recent developments in Irish film censorship (Dec 2008) | |
| China: Shared Repression China issues detailed censorship rules for video sharing sites | |
| Australia: Censoring the Insensible Australia's new censor outlines his approach (Oct 2007) | |
| Thailand: Ministry of Censorial Culture (March 2007) | |
| Italy: Censorship of movies, video & TV (Feb 2006) | |
| Germany: Video Censorship | |
| USA: The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) |
BBFC News |
| BBFC News: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 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) |
| Snuff Movies The Making of an urban legend (June 1999) |
| Current Guidelines: from 2009: | |
| Previous Guidelines: 2000-2005 & 2005-2009 | |
| 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) |
| Rating Games for a Living Interview with Sue Clark (May 2008) | |
| Manhunt for a Censor David Cooke on Manhunt 2, PEGI and games censorship (May 2008) | |
| 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) | |
| Robin Duval at the OFLC International Ratings Conference (Sept 2003) | |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Media Index | TV & Radio News: | 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| Internet TV News: | 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest | |
| Video Games News: | 2009 2010 Latest | |
| Advertising News: | 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest | |
| Ofcom Watch: | 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest | |
| BBC Trust Watch: | 2010 Latest | |
| IWF Watch: | 2009 2010 Latest | |
| VSC & PEGI Watch: | 2009 2010 Latest | |
| PCC Watch | 2010 Latest | |
| IMCB Watch | Regulating Mobile Phone TV Content (No activity since 2005) | |
| Channel 4 Watch: | Films On 4 Channel 4 and FilmFour Policy (Sept 2003) |
| UK News: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| UK Petitions & Campaigns |
| Lib Dems: Censorship and Freedom of Expression (pdf March 2004) |
| Lib Dems: Talking Shop (Sex shops that is) (Sep 2002) |
| Hall Of Shame "I don't believe in censorship BUT...." |
| Hall Of Fame The good guys |
| UK Law |
| Possession of Pornography Latest: Dangerous Pictures in Scotland (August 2010) |
| Slander & Libel Latest: Forum moderation loses slander/libel immunity (April 2010) |
| Hatred Law Blasphemy, gay, racial & religious hatred (March 2010) |
| Prostitution From the point of view of the customer (Feb 2010) |
| Lap-dancing and licensing law Now classed as a sex encounter venue (Feb 2010) |
| Video Recordings Act Latest: Re-enacted in 2010 (Jan 2010) |
| Indecent Displays Act 1981 with subsequent amendments (Offsite June 2009) |
| Street Photography is it legal or not? (May 2009) |
| Law for Bloggers Court reporting restrictions only apply to those that know about them (April 2009) |
| Communications Law RIPA: State spying in Britain that would make the Stasi proud (Nov 2008) |
| British Law Commission report says no to SM discrimination (Oct 2008) |
| Dogging & Swinging: Is it legal? (Sep 2008) |
| Obscene Publications Act Max sentence increased to 5 years (May 2008) |
| Naturism and Public Nudity Is it legal? (March 2008) |
| 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) |
| Sexual Offences Act 2003 Issues for 16 & 17 year olds (Jan 2004) |
| Court of Appeal judgement from R vs Stephane Laurent Perrin UK Internet jurisdiction (offsite March 2002) |
| 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 | |
| Piss Poor Standards at Derby Trading Standards (Oct 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 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| MediaWatch-UK Watch: 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| Stephen Green Watch (Christian Voice): 2009 2010 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 2009 2010 Latest |
| Control Freaks: | 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest | |
| Sharing at Ofcom: | 2010 Latest | |
| Bollox Britain: | 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest | |
| Bollox America: | 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest | |
| Bollox World: | 2009 2010 Latest | |
| Liberty in Brief: | Latest Discontinued | |
| Bollox Britain: | Forbidden Fruit Cultivating censorship of tomato seeds (Sept 03) |
Research |
Games: Violent Video Games Help Relieve Stress, Depression (July 2010) |
| Television & Films: Quaint horror films invoke life long fear (June 2010) | |
| Media: Hollywood films found to feature unsafe practices (Jan 2010) | |
| Music: Youngsters who like sex also like pop music (March 2009) | |
| Internet: Latest: Social Networking Addles Nutter Minds (Feb 2009) | |
| Advertising Latest: Fair Game? Suitable advertising on websites popular with children (Dec 2007) |
| Sex Aware |
| Sexual Health: STDs high amongst swingers (June 2010) |
| Pornography: Hardcore is Good For You...As contended by 2 recent studies (Jan 2010) |
| Sexualised Society: Australian research finds porn a poor educator for youngsters (Jan 2010) |
| Prostitution: Decriminalising prostitution improves health (Sept 2008) |
| Swinging: The Repression of Swingers in Early 21st Century Britain (Aug 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) |
| Sex Sells | Online Adult DVDs |
| Online Sex Shops Toys, lingerie, bondage etc | |
| Online Internet Video Video on demand, video streaming and Internet TV | |
| Online Adult Magazines | |
| Online Gay Shops | |
| Licensed Sex Shops | |
| Offers + New Products | |
| Sex Shops List in the UK and Ireland | |
| Satellite X Channel Guide |
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Sex Sells News |
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| UK Sex Shop News | 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| UK Legal News | 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| UK Sex Sells News | 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| US Sex Sells News | 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| World Sex Sells News | 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| Legislating P4P | 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| Legislating Extreme Porn: | 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| Legislating Anime Porn: | 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| Sex For Fun News | 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| Gay News | 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| Satellite X News | 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| Satellite X Column | 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 |
| Internet Video X News | 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| Phone News | 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| Technology News | 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| Magazine News | 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest |
| Sex Aware: | 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 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) |
| Adult pay TV in US hotels Big business and the more hardcore, the better (Nov 2005)/td> |
| 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) |
| Archive: Remembering the Bad Old Days |
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BBFC Policy Archive |
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 |
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BBFC People Archive |
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 |
| Silent History Lesson Silencing Sinn Fein in 1988 |
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UK News Archive |
| UK Censorship News Archive: 1998 1999 |
| Parliament Watch Archive: 1996 1997 1998 1999 |
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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) |
| Law Archive | 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) | |
| Blasphemy Ruling at the European Court of Human Rights |
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Enforcement Archive |
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) | |
| The Oz Obscenity Trial Landmark case from 1971 (offsite) |
| Opinion Archive |
| 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) |
| Piss Poor Regulation Ofcom denying Freedom of Information requests (July 2005) |
| 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) |
| Ofcom TV Content Consultation Response form Shaun (Oct 2004) |
| Television Without Frontiers: TV via Internet, Response from Ofwatch (May 05) |
| Television Without Frontiers Response from Censor Watch (July 2003) |
| 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) |
| A Liberal Tory The case against sex censorship: A Conservative View (2000) |
| A Barrister's View arguing in support of Ferman's porn liberalisation (1998) |
| The Porn Debate: Tuppy Owens speaking at Oxford Union (Nov 98) |
| Legal Debate Mail order R18s, satellite proscription etc |
| Gallery Archive |
| Die Hard with a Vengeance, Bloody fight in lift |
| 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 |
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Pornography: The Secret History of Civilisation | |
| Virtually Unstoppable Porn Business analysis of online porn |
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