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Sunday 7th February...

UK Censorship UK News

Sounds a Bit Extreme
Police called to examine Wales Audit Office porn
Wales Audit Office logo

Friday 5th February...

Extreme Porn Extreme Porn

Dangerous Bail Conditions
Victim of Dangerous Pictures Act suffers internet ban as a bail condition
Police raid house

UK Parliament Parliament

Social Justice?
Cameron considers blamist Iain Duncan Smith for department of Social Justice

UK Censorship

Groucho Marx got it right when playing dictator Rufus T Firefly in Duck Soup. He clearly had Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in mind

If any form of pleasure is exhibited,
Report to me and it will be prohibited.
I'll put my foot down. So shall it be!
This is the land of the free!

Freedoms are eroding rapidly in the UK. This section covers UK censorship news particularly  where it is attributed to UK government and politicians.

Note that additional UK Censorship issues will be covered in other sections of Melon Farmers

Thanks to Freeworld for the quote

 

Tattered Union Jack

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Thursday 4th February...

UK Parliament
Parliament

An Advert for Miserable Scotland
MSP proposes amendment to criminalise prostitution, customers and advertisers

Tuesday 2nd February...

UK Censorship
UK News

Update: Glorified Censors
UK police set up national internet terrorism unit

Monday 1st February...

UK Censorship
UK News

Update: Little Hitlers at eBay
Dad's Army game banned at eBay

UK Censorship
UK News

Offsite: Superinjunctivitus
Could Trafigura and Terry signal the demise of the superinjunction?

UK Censorship
UK News

Equality of Inbrededness
Cornishness not protected by equality law

Extreme Porn
Extreme Porn

Offsite: Perverse Logic
Dangerous Pictures or Dangerous Animals?
 

Sunday 31st January...

UK Censorship
UK News

Toadying to Political Correctness
Oona King wants more diversity in the media

UK Censorship
UK News

Petition: The Libel Reform Campaign
England's libel laws are unjust and against the public interest

UK Censorship
UK News

Bad Taste
Campaign against Dead Bay Jokes group on Facebook

Saturday 30th January...

UK Parliament
Parliament

The Only Ones Being Sexualised are the Nutters
Scottish report finds few sexualising images in stores

UK Parliament
Parliament

Update: Fitna Repeats
Wilders to show Fitna in the House of Lords

Wednesday 27th January...

UK Censorship
UK News

Vulgarian
Billy Connolly speaks of the censorship of comedians

Previous    
 UK News  eBay Censors The arbitrary vision of censorship on eBay 24th Jan
 Parliament  Video Recordings Act 2010 VRA given Royal Assent and is back in force 23rd Jan
 Parliament  Free to Disagree Government asked about their stance on the OIC Defamation of Religion UN motion 23rd Jan
 UK News  Blame Alert Tortuous brothers shown 'extreme' horror movies 22nd Jan
 UK News  eBay Censors The arbitrary vision of censorship on eBay 22nd Jan
 UK News  Frightfest at the Glasgow Film Festival 22nd Jan
 Parliament  Video Recordings Act 2010 Passes 3rd Reading in the Lords and is set to become law 21st Jan
 Extreme Porn  Fucking Dangerous Dogs Dangerous pictures charges added to bestiality case 21st Jan
 Parliament  Early Day Condemnation British MPs support motion condemning Uganda's proposed anti-gay law 20th Jan
 Parliament  Video Recordings Bill Lords debate replacement on VRA 19th Jan
 UK News  Licensed to Censor Petition to exempt small venues from state music censorship 18th Jan
 UK News  Power 2010 Creating a wish list of policies to put Britain straight 18th Jan
 Parliament  Licensed to Censor Bill to exempt small venues from government music censorship 16th Jan
 Gov  Hate Censorship Home Office considers block on Hamas website for children 15th Jan
 Gov  UK Internet Censorship Government offer concessions about draconian control powers 15th Jan
 Parliament  Video Recordings Bill Extending the VRA to Northern Ireland 14th Jan
 Parliament  Exempt from Reason Andrew Dismore sponsors Video Recordings (Exempt from Classification) Bill 13th Jan
 Parliament  Video Recordings Bill Re Commons debate replacement VRA 13th Jan
 Parliament  Video Recordings Bill Commons debate replacement VRA 11th Jan
 Parliament  Digital Economy Bill Fast tracking Legislation mandating PEGI ratings for video games 9th Jan
 Parliament  Video Recordings Bill Replacement video recordings law completes in the Commons 7th Jan
 Extreme Porn  Animated to Persecute North Wales Police missed Frosties connection 7th Jan

UK News

 UK News: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Latest
 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

Government Censorship

 Parliament Watch: 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Latest
 Government Censorship News 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Latest
 Criminalising Extreme Porn: 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Latest
 Criminalising Anime: 2008 2009 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)
 D-Notices: Discreet UK censorship of security matters (June 2008)
 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
 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)
 Possession of Pornography and The Dangerous Pictures Act (Nov 2008)
 Communications Law 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)
 Slander & Libel for Bloggers (Aug 2008)
 Obscene Publications Act Max sentence increased to 5 years (May 2008)
 Hated Law Blasphemy laws repealed (May 2008)
 Naturism and Public Nudity Is it legal? (March 2008)
 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)
 Non Consensual Punishment Crown Persecution Service on spanking (Dec 2003)
 Model Persecutions Cheshire police excel in persecution (July 2003) 

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