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March 7, 2013 -- 07:30 GMT

EU set to vote on blanket porn ban; internet freedoms at risk

"Summary: In a severe threat to online freedoms in the region, the European Parliament is set to vote in the next week on 'a ban on all forms of pornography in the media'.

The European Parliament will vote next Tuesday on a report that could lead to a blanket ban on pornography in any form of media, not limited to advertising, television, and radio, but also on the web.

In the process, it could have wide-ranging implications for freedom of expression in the 27 member state bloc.

Titled "Eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU" [woosh, because that is what it does, right?], the report, on the face of it, would allow the EU to help secure the rights for those across the gender spectrum, particularly women, who are objectified, and those in regions where gender roles are "shaped and imposed" by social influences, such as in the media and education."

http://www.zdnet.com/eu-set-to-vote-on-blanket-porn-ban-internet-freedoms-at-risk-7000012221/

Now EU wants to regulate the internet and ban pornography 

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/382792/Now-EU-wants-to-regulate-the-internet-and-ban-pornography 

European Parliament Considers Banning All Pornography, Blocks Emails From EU Citizens Protesting Against Censorship 

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130306/15203822230/european-parliament-considers-banning-all-pornography-blocks-emails-eu-citizens-protesting-against-censorship.shtml 

European Parliament blocks citizen e-mails protesting EU 'porn ban'

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57573151-93/european-parliament-blocks-citizen-e-mails-protesting-eu-porn-ban/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title

Iceland drafts Internet porn ban, EU considers "self-regulated" approach 

http://www.techspot.com/news/51871-iceland-drafts-internet-porn-ban-eu-considers-self-regulated-approach.html

Rape Crisis group backs MEPs' call to ban porn

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/rape-crisis-group-backs-meps-call-to-ban-porn-224910.html

'Attempt to ban porn' discovered in EU report

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/attempt-to-ban-porn-discovered-in-eu-report-8527202.html

European Union Mulls Porn Ban

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/NATL-European-Union-to-Vote-on-Porn-Ban--196306981.html

European Porn Ban Protests Silenced on Way to MEPs

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/443984/20130308/european-pornography-ban-protest-silenced-spam-filter.htm

European Parliament votes on call for porn ban

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/european-parliament-votes-on-call-for-porn-ban-8527229.html

Will porn be banned in Europe? EU set to vote on internet crackdown

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2290270/Will-porn-banned-Europe-EU-set-vote-internet-crackdown.html

EU lays groundwork for continent-wide ban on pornography 

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/the-grid/eu-lays-groundwork-continent-wide-ban-pornography

MEPs to vote on EU 'ban on all forms of pornography'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9917189/MEPs-to-vote-on-EU-ban-on-all-forms-of-pornography.html

Is Europe Trying to Ban Pornography? 

http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/08/is-europe-trying-to-ban-pornography/

Pornography may soon be history in Europe

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/-/1085130/

Banning porn: the ins and outs 

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tomchiversscience/100206165/banning-porn-the-ins-and-outs/

EU Porn Ban? MEPs Attack 'Gender Stereotypes Resolution' Proposal For International Women's Day

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/03/08/eu-porn-ban_n_2835991.html?

Think the Porn Industry Discriminates Against Women? Lean In.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/03/08/europe_s_proposed_pornography_ban_why_outlawing_porn_would_only_hurt_women.html

How watching porn can save your love life

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/-/1085126/

Let’s ban all pornography in the European Union 

http://www.anorak.co.uk/350392/money/lets-ban-all-pornography-in-the-european-union.html/

Why The European Plan To Ban Porn Is A Bad Idea

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/03/08/1692561/european-porn-ban-bad-idea/?mobile=nc

Row breaks out ahead of MEP vote on 'banning' pornography

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/row-breaks-out-ahead-of-mep-vote-on-banning-pornography-29119286.html

What the EU Pornography Ban is Really About

http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/03/what-the-eu-porn-ban-is-really-about/index.htm

Banning porn in the EU won't make women and men equal

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/9922045/Banning-porn-in-the-EU-wont-make-women-and-men-equal.html

Published time: March 12, 2013 03:38

EU porn ban: ‘Censorship disguised by noble idea’

"Reinhardt speculated that the reason politicians are increasingly eyeing the Internet is because they are terrified by its power.

“I think they are somehow threatened by the Internet,” Reinhardt said. “I think it is very easy to control TV and some other channels, but it is very difficult to control what is going on on the Internet. It is a very new medium. People are discussing very freely and I think politicians on all levels are trying to find out if there are new and different ways to control what is going on on the Internet and control the public and free opinion there.”"

http://rt.com/op-edge/european-parliament-vote-gender-stereotypes-126/

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China launches campaign to crack down on porn

"A campaign has been launched against pornography in online game advertisements, mobile systems applications and online media players, the National Office Against Pornographic and Illegal Publications said Tuesday.

The office said the campaign, named "cleaning the web," will also focus on online literature, fora, microblogs, social network services, search engines and realtime communications groups among other areas."

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/8154541.html 

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MEPs drop ban on pornography but seek to outlaw 'sexualisation of girls'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9925420/MEPs-drop-ban-on-pornography-but-seek-to-outlaw-sexualisation-of-girls.html

Europe votes for internet pornography 

http://www.tgdaily.com/hardware-brief/70133-europe-votes-for-internet-pornography 

European Parliament rejects pornography ban 

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2254205/european-parliament-rejects-pornography-ban 

Internet freedom advocates pleased with European Parliament backtrack on porn ban

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/photo-video/3434630/internet-freedom-advocates-pleased-with-european-parliament-backtrack-on-porn-ban/ 

EU votes to reject 'porn ban' proposals 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57573771-93/eu-votes-to-reject-porn-ban-proposals/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title 

Porn for all, not a ban, is better for women 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/13/porn-all-ban-better-women 

EU porn ban voted down amid censorship concerns 

http://rt.com/news/eu-porn-ban-censorship-concerns-176/ 

EU Porn Ban Rejected — Barely 

http://www.technewsdaily.com/17270-eu-avoids-porn-ban.html

Porn in a Puritanical Age

http://moronwatch.net/2013/03/porn-in-a-puritanical-age.html

Porn is like meat. Ask how it is made before consuming it

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/18/porn-meat-consuming-it-freedom

The government vs pornography

http://www.micromart.co.uk/pc/porn/452/government-vs-pornography

EU’s struggle with the law around pornography

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/opinion/comment/eu-s-struggle-law-around-pornography

Pornography online is warping children’s minds, teachers warn

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9934792/Pornography-online-is-warping-childrens-minds-teachers-warn.html

Save pornography

http://www.thedp.com/article/2013/03/arielle-pardes-save-pornography

Pornography is a deadly monster

http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/magazines/32-political-platform/29808-pornography-is-a-deadly-monster

The big question that the generation raised on porn must answer

http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2013/03/big-question-generation-raised-porn-must-answer

Extreme porn punishes all women

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/love-sex/8429612/

Porn is not a bad thing, but letting fantasy impact reality is

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/9928261/Porn-is-not-a-bad-thing-but-letting-fantasy-impact-reality-is.html

Don't Ban Porn; Make It Better And More Erotic For Women

http://www.alternet.org/dont-ban-porn-make-it-better-and-more-erotic-women

Porn for all, not a ban, is better for women

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/13/porn-all-ban-better-women

Porn: no longer a dirty little secret

http://www.spiked-online.com/site/article/13454/

Porn: Healthy expression or violent manipulation?

http://www.kettlemag.com/article/porn-healthy-expression-or-violent-manipulation

Where should modern women stand on the issue of pornography?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/9960261/Where-should-modern-women-stand-on-the-issue-of-pornography.html

05:07 01/04/2013

Egypt Ready to Block Porn Websites - Official

"Egypt has prepared technologies and equipment to block access to websites with pornographic content, the deputy head of the National Telecom Regulatory Authority Sherif Hashem said on Sunday.

“Technologies to prevent pornographic content from being shared on the territory of Egypt are fully ready for use,” he said.""

http://en.rian.ru/world/20130401/180364393/Egypt-Ready-to-Block-Porn-Websites---Official.html

Egypt moves to block access to pornography

http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-egypt-access-pornography-20130404,0,1516553.story

April 6, 2013 1:28 PM GMT

Uganda Threatens Miniskirts Ban in Anti-Pornography Drive

"A woman wearing a miniskirt takes part in a protest against the idea that provocatively dressed women are to blame for sexual assaults, in Jakarta September 18, 2011.

Miniskirts could be banned in Uganda, in a move that critics claim will create an "apartheid system" in which women are treated as second-class citizens.

As part of the anti-pornography bill, a range films and TV programmes would be banned, and internet use monitored by government officials, reports the Guardian."

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/454267/20130406/uganda-ban-miniskirt-anti-homosexuality-gay-bill.htm

UCC says Anti-Pornography Bill is unnecessary

http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/641541-ucc-says-anti-pornography-bill-is-unnecessary.html

Police In Japan Are Asking ISPs To Start Blocking Tor

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130418/17210122754/police-japan-want-isps-to-block-tor.shtml

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India Debates Porn Ban

http://www.voanews.com/content/india-debates-porn-ban/1647869.html

Porn hub gets new clients in labour class

http://gulftoday.ae/portal/b80ae91a-0dc0-4210-9929-8bf0dd95df3f.aspx

Porn is not the culprit

http://www.asianage.com/columnists/porn-not-culprit-085

Access to child porn as easy as 1-2-3

http://www.hindustantimes.com/editorial-views-on/Edits/Access-to-child-porn-as-easy-as-1-2-3/Article1-1050378.aspx

In China, you can get paid to look at (and then report) porn

http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/paid-to-watch-porn-in-china-theyll-give-you-a-salary-and-yogurt-to-identify-sinful-sites/

No porn on public Wi-Fi, says PM Cameron

http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/no-porn-on-public-wi-fi-says-pm-cameron/030810

David Cameron calls for porn block on public WiFi

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a476156/david-cameron-calls-for-porn-block-on-public-wifi.html

A Longtime Haven Of Internet Freedom, Is Iceland Set To Ban Online Porn?

http://www.worldcrunch.com/rss/tech-science/a-longtime-haven-of-internet-freedom-is-iceland-set-to-ban-online-porn-/jonasson-internet-pornography-gunnarsdottir-pirate/c4s11492/#.UXuSi0omCSo

Why is Egypt banning porn?

http://uncut.indexoncensorship.org/2013/04/egypt-pornography-ban-internet/

Full transcript: Minister Milind Deora on the debate if India should ban porn

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/full-transcript-minister-milind-deora-on-the-debate-if-india-should-ban-porn-357910

Should India ban porn? Minister Milind Deora on the debate

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/should-india-ban-porn-minister-milind-deora-on-the-debate-357740

Internet pornography soars, Supreme Court prods govt for response

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/-/1102715/

India Considering Internet Porn Ban Over Rape Fears

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/458286/20130417/india-ban-watching-online-porn-leads-rape.htm

Pornography blamed for rapes

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2013/April/international_April971.xml&section=international&col=

Psychologists blame porn, consumerism

http://www.asianage.com/india/psychologists-blame-porn-consumerism-497

Rape accused blames it all on friend with whom he watched porn

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Minor-s-rape-accused-blames-it-all-on-friend-with-whom-he-watched-porn/Article1-1048240.aspx

Sex crimes related to watching pornography?

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/sex-crimes-related-to-watching-pornography-358527

What's porn got to do with it?

http://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/1825068/column-what-s-porn-got-to-do-with-it

Beware! Supreme Court may make watching porn a non-bailable offence

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-04-21/news/38693633_1_uk-supreme-court-purohit

Anti-pornography Bill

http://www.independent.co.ug/news/news-analysis/7690-anti-pornography-bill

Wear a Mini Skirt in Uganda, Go to Jail for Pornography

http://www.eurweb.com/2013/04/wear-a-mini-skirt-in-uganda-go-to-jail-for-pornography/

Will a ban on porn end gender stereotypes?

http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/will-ban-porn-end-gender-stereotypes

A Disconcerting Look At The Future Of Porn 

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/planet-ivy/online-porn-future_b_3101088.html?