UK porn ban not a Big Washing Machine ploy on stepsisters
Question asked:
“The UK porn ban is a ploy by Big Washing Machine to play down the danger their products pose to stepsisters.”
Summary
The recent UK legislation bans pornographic depictions of strangulation, suffocation, incest and related acts, aiming to address concerns about sexual violence and exploitation. There is no evidence linking the ban to any corporation called “Big Washing Machine” or to a strategy of downplaying product dangers to stepsisters. The ban is a government policy, not a corporate ploy.
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- Britain’s latest porn restrictions
From Friday, pornography depicting strangulation, suffocation, incest and scenarios in which performers pretend to be underage is banned in England and Wales.
- Britain’s ban on some pornography is based on flimsy evidence
Many young Britons appear to be choking one another during sex. 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.
- England’s new ban on kinky porn will misfire
England and Wales's ban on certain pornographic content, its legal vagueness, implications for free expression and the case for better sex education are examined. | Leaders
- Porn showing choking or incest to be banned from early November, government says - BBC News
The move follows a review into pornography regulation in 2025 by Conservative peer Baroness Gabby Bertin
- A Government Which Regulates Porn, Not Real-Life Sex-Crimes, is One Willing to Confront Only Fiction, Not Reality – The Daily Sceptic
Last week, Labour passed new legislation banning the depiction of certain unspeakable acts in online porn, adding to existing restrictions upon fake rape-based scenarios, with the alleged aim of ‘keeping girls and women safe’. If your hard-drive ...
- List: All the types of pornography that are banned from today | The Independent
Possessing or publishing pornography that depicts strangulation or suffocation, or penetrative sex between relatives, carries a penalty of up to two years’ imprisonment.
- A New UK Porn Ban Sparks Fears of Unprecedented Sex Censorship | WIRED
In Bertin’s review recommending the ban on such content, she cites “anecdotal evidence” suggesting that fauxcest “can be used between an abuser and child to permit interfamily child sex abuse,” describing it as a “fig-leaf” of sorts for actual sexual abuse.
- List: All the types of pornography that are now banned in England and Wales | The Independent
Certain types of pornography, which have been accused of normalising violence against women and girls, have been banned in England and Wales.
- UK's New Pornography Ban Comes Into Effect: What Isn't Allowed - Newsweek
Tomorrow's rules make it a criminal offense to possess or publish pornographic images depicting strangulation, suffocation, certain incestuous relationships or adults pretending to be children.
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