Elspeth Howe has tabled yet another internet censorship bill planning to define any sex work rejected by the BBFC to be 'extreme pornography'. The first reading of the bill took place in the House of Lords on 10th July 2017. The bill reads:
A Bill to Amend the definition of extreme pornography in the Digital Economy Act 2017. 1 Amendment of the definition of extreme pornography (1) The Digital Economy Act 20 17 is
amended as follows. (2) In section 15 (meaning of "pornographic material"), in subsection (1), omit paragraphs (g) to (i). (3) In section 22 (meaning of "extreme pornographic material"), for subsections (1) to
(4) substitute-- "(1) In this section "extreme pornographic material" means any of the following-- (a) the whole or part of a video work--
(i) if it is reasonable to assume from its nature that the video work was produced solely or principally for the purposes of sexual arousal, and (ii) if the video works authority has determined the video work
not to be suitable for a classification certificate to be issued in respect of it; (b) material whose nature is such that it is reasonable to assume-- (i) that it was produced
solely or principally for the purposes of sexual arousal, and (ii) that the video works authority would determine that a video work including it was not suitable for a classification certificate to be issued in respect of
it."
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