Reddit posts on UK porn ban are NOT a Russian psyop

According to a survey by the Institute for Addressing Strangulation, part of a charity, 66% of sexually experienced 16- to 34-year-olds have been on the receiving end. Not all consented to it in advance. The government blames porn.

From Friday, pornography depicting strangulation, suffocation, incest and scenarios in which performers pretend to be underage is banned in England and Wales.

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Adult content creators and free speech advocates are sounding the alarm over a new law about to take effect in the United Kingdom banning simulated incest and some depictions of oral sex.

Asato defended the legislation on X, saying it would bring the rules governing online pornography closer to those already applied to physical adult films. Asato cited guidance from the British Board of Film Classification referring to choking or gagging during oral sex. But then, in a now-deleted post on X, she linked to an article about the association between oral sex and throat cancer.

Here is where the apparent contradiction gets people talking. One Reddit user summed up the confusion, writing: 'While it's not my thing but banning 'step-sister' porn while first cousin marriage is still legal in this country...'

The conversation also takes a global turn, with users comparing the UK's approach to pornography regulation with other countries. One commenter mentions Japan, saying, "To this day you can... Source: Japan", implying that the UK's ban is an overreaction.

The person doing the isolation would creating something with pornographic intent. ... Yeah I'm against the law but people in this thread are being painfully thick for some reason. It can be illegal to watch and share videos of people being beheaded irl without that meaning they need to ban GoT. ... Right. People are coming up with the most bizarre scenarios as arguments against this. Victim complex or what... ... Posted it elsewhere in the thread but intent matters when producing pornography, and the intent has to be to arouse hence GoT and UFC being legal and not pornographic.

3.5K votes, 2.4K comments. Conservative peer Baroness Gabby Bertin said the ban comes ‘not a moment too soon’