You have 9 months to amass a collection of free porn before the government bans it...

[fatboyslim142 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close fatboyslim142]

What are people's thoughts on this? (Via link http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/gc16c....t_bans_it_5794)


UK Government sets out new law to create an internet porn censor
Link Here full story: UK Governments Consults on Age Checks for Porn...Government proposes censoring porn websites that are not age verified

See https://www.gov.uk/government/consul...or-pornography
See https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...eFINAL__2_.pdf

Result of Government Consultation

child safety online The Government has published a document summarising responses to its proposals to mandate restrictive age validation requirements for porn websites. 48% of responses opposed the proposals whilst 44% agreed with the proposals. However the government made clear that they will proceed with the proposed censorship law. The consultation document reads:

It is clear from our analysis of the consultation responses that this is an issue which tends to polarise opinion, with strongly held views on either side. Overall, there was a roughly even split between those supporting age verification (44%) and those not in favour (48%). Responses from individuals made up the vast majority of those which were submitted via our online questionnaire (94%). Over half of the individuals were men, the majority of whom were between 18 and 34 years old.

Crucially, however, many of the key organisations we work with in the online child protection sphere children's charities, support and advice groups, the BBFC, internet service providers, and payment service firms and credit card companies indicated their support for the proposals, and the overriding policy goal of protecting children online.

Over a quarter (26%) of the individuals who responded indicated that they are parents or carers, and 23% of individuals said that they work with children (in the education and health sectors, working in or with churches, in voluntary roles, mentoring, and as researchers). In both groups, a majority supported the Government's approach.

Notably, pornography providers who responded to the consultation also stated their support for the protection of children online, and (with caveats) the introduction of age verification controls to protect children from content which is not appropriate for them.

As was set out in our consultation, the Government's preferred approach to delivering this commitment is to establish a new law, requiring age verification (AV) controls for online pornography this was the manifesto commitment, and following consideration of the consultation responses, remains the Government's intention.

To underpin this, we will also establish a new regulatory framework, and we will ensure a proportionate approach by enabling the regulator to act in a sufficiently flexible and targeted way.

Following analysis of the responses to the consultation, Government will now take several next steps. We will:

Bring forward legislation, in the Digital Economy Bill, to establish a new law requiring age verification for commercial pornographic websites and applications containing still and moving images, and a new regulatory framework to underpin it

Continue to work with payments firms and ancillary companies to ensure that the business models and profits of companies that do not comply with the new regulations can be undermined

Maintain ongoing engagement with pornography providers, age verification providers, and other parts of the industry, to ensure that the regulatory framework is targeted and proportionate, to achieve maximum impact and to enable compliance

Continue to work on broader internet safety issues, including work led by the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS), and raising awareness and resilience

Digital Economy Bill

See http://services.parliament.uk/bills/...aleconomy.html
See http://www.publications.parliament.u...0045/17045.pdf

House of Commons logo And indeed the new censorship law is included in the Digital Economy Bill introduced on 5th July 2016. Section 3 outlines the setting up of an internet porn censor and the remainder sets out website censorship options and financial penalties for contravening websites, their payment providers and advertisers.

The government is planning on passing the bill into law in spring 2017.

Section 3

15 Internet pornography: requirement to prevent access by persons under the age of 18
16 Meaning of pornographic material
17 The age-verification regulator: designation and funding
18 Parliamentary procedure for designation of age-verification regulator
19 Age-verification regulator's power to require information
20 Enforcement of sections 15 and 19
21 Financial penalties
22 Age-verification regulator's power to give notice of contravention to payment service providers and ancillary service providers
23 Exercise of functions by the age-verification regulator
24 Requirements for notices given by regulator under this
25 Interpretation of this Part

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

Typical waste of time and tax payer's money. I'm sure it will be easy to circumvent. The poor adolescents will have to do what I had to: look for discarded porn mags in the woods. Wanking is just about the only thing the government hasn't taxed yet.

[sukebanboy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sukebanboy]

Age verification for adult related material is, of course, a decent idea....but added to this is the govt trying to squeeze through legislation that will enable them to set up their own regulatory body ao that they can control / censor what is allowed theough...

Section 3 outlines the setting up of an internet porn censor and the remainder sets out website censorship options and financial penalties for contravening websites, their payment providers and advertisers.

[fatboyslim142 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close fatboyslim142]

Typical waste of time and tax payer's money. I'm sure it will be easy to circumvent. The poor adolescents will have to do what I had to: look for discarded porn mags in the woods. Wanking is just about the only thing the government hasn't taxed yet.

What about this as well http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/uk_int...ast_year_12071

[enandalusiskhund An Andalusian Dog Find all posts View Profile Close enandalusiskhund]

If this is UK only, it should be easy for you Brits to use IP redirection services. Porn must go on!

[fatboyslim142 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close fatboyslim142]

If this is UK only, it should be easy for you Brits to use IP redirection services. Porn must go on!

Of course it's the UK considering it mentions the UK Government in the opening paragraph.

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

What about this as well http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/uk_int...ast_year_12071

Yeah, I'm against blocking by default, it should definitely be an opt out thing. Parents aren't doing their kids a favour by having these nanny settings on. They're going to see this stuff one way or another, I'd much rather it was out in the open rather than sending the message that sexual curiosity is something clandestine and wrong. Porn can have its disadvantages in terms of teenagers thinking the sort of ridiculous athletic activity you see is normal sex and in terms of body image, but they need to be educated and that falls on the parents and teachers. Wrapping them in cotton wool isn't going to help at all.

Most parents will switch these settings off when they realise what other innocuous sites they block too (like my old man did when he realised it blocked the lottery!)

[Flash Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Flash]

This is one of the reasons the Bill of Rights is so important in the United States.

[agent999 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close agent999]

Thank fuck, the UK government have finally dropped this ridiculous idea.

[Alex K. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Alex K.]

The U.S. has problems like any country but thank fucking god for freedom of speech.

[Dom D Spoon! Find all posts View Profile Close Dom D]

The interesting thing about living in a country where pornography is illegal is no one knows. Literally, you tell people here that its illegal to buy, sell, make porn and the reaction is always "Really?... bullshit, no way." I was talking to two sex workers last night and even they had no idea it was illegal. It's still as omnipresent here as everywhere else so everyone assumes it's okay.

On the other hand prostitution is legal here. Compare that with LA where it is illegal to pay someone for sex and it only becomes legal when one of you pulls out a handycam. It's a hard one to get your head around.

Goes to show, whenever you leave lawmaking to elected officials it gets fucked up.

[Newt Cox Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Newt Cox]

The U.S. has problems like any country but thank fucking god for freedom of speech.

I am assuming you don't live in one of the states that pretty much no porn company will ship to.

There is a major reason why porn shops are still huge in MS,cause pretty much every company has MS on the do not ship to list.

Fucking Community standards overrules free speech in this state sadly.

[Alex K. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Alex K.]

I am assuming you don't live in one of the states that pretty much no porn company will ship to.

There is a major reason why porn shops are still huge in MS,cause pretty much every company has MS on the do not ship to list.

Fucking Community standards overrules free speech in this state sadly.

I assume they confiscate sex toys. But do people still buy physical media of porn? In current year? I scoff at thee! Scoff!

[Newt Cox Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Newt Cox]

I assume they confiscate sex toys. But do people still buy physical media of porn? In current year? I scoff at thee! Scoff!

Nah it is odd sex toys will ship here. But porn wont. Hell the town I live in porn is pretty much outlawed. Was a big deal 10 years ago when Movie Gallery was opening up their porn room.

But yea cause there is so many rural areas in MS without high speed internet people still buy physical porn. Add in that most porn shops in the state are owned by people in the MS government I doubt I see a day in my lifetime when say Adam and Eve or any company like that will ship to MS.

GOtta buddy that runs a video rental place on the coast,porn rentals keep the store open. But to get the DVDs to rent he had to open a post office box in Louisiana. Gets everything shipped there.

[Alex K. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Alex K.]

Nah it is odd sex toys will ship here. But porn wont. Hell the town I live in porn is pretty much outlawed. Was a big deal 10 years ago when Movie Gallery was opening up their porn room.

But yea cause there is so many rural areas in MS without high speed internet people still buy physical porn. Add in that most porn shops in the state are owned by people in the MS government I doubt I see a day in my lifetime when say Adam and Eve or any company like that will ship to MS.

GOtta buddy that runs a video rental place on the coast,porn rentals keep the store open. But to get the DVDs to rent he had to open a post office box in Louisiana. Gets everything shipped there.

I suppose you could make the argument that a vibrator is a medical device or perhaps an egg beater and thus exempt: