First, There Was The Word

 ... and the word was Censorship

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"ABSTRACT

The legal and psychological research surrounding online Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM) is focused on visual depictions of children, either as still images or movies.

Narrative CSEM (N-CSEM) describes an under-researched area, resulting from difficulties surrounding its conceptualisation, both legally as well as concerning the function for its users.

The current study describes an initial attempt in defining N-CSEM in comparison to visual material, based on interviews with users of CSEM and N-CSEM and professionals working with this user group.

Thematic Analysis resulted in three super-ordinate themes. All themes were analysed and enriched from the perspectives of user- and service-representatives.

The study provides insight into N-CSEM as a separate entity from visual CSEM, challenging and informing legal decision-making and assessment and treatment providers for users of CSEM.

KEYWORDS: Child sexual exploitation material, Narrative Child Sexual Exploitation Material, thematic analysis, child abusive images, online sex offending"

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1068316X.2016.1239099?needAccess=true& 

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2 December 2014 

Who was the Marquis de Sade really?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/who-was-the-marquis-de-sade-really/

Friday 14 November 2014

Marquis de Sade: rebel, pervert, rapist...hero? 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/marquis-de-sade-rebel-pervert-rapisthero-9862270.html 

February 2015 

Who Was the Marquis de Sade?

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-was-marquis-de-sade-180953980/?no-ist

Marquis de Sade

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_de_Sade

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I couldn't sleep tonight because I had to write this in response to the disturbing criminalization of fiction. https://t.co/79ZblvgwM0

— Eivind Berge (@EivindBerge) December 19, 2016

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Monday, December 19, 2016 

My soul is criminal 

"We live in ever more hateful times. This ongoing prosecution, in which a suspended policeman is charged with the newly invented crime of reading erotic short stories, pushes the envelope of feminist sex-hostility another notch forward and inspired the following essay from me.

When words are criminal, so are thoughts. Whether thoughts are written down or not makes no moral difference, and any words that sexualize a minor are criminal. My opinions on "child" sexuality (referring to anyone under 18) are fundamentally criminal, and only technical and resource limitations (mind reading technology is not there yet) prevents the state from convicting and imprisoning me. Notice that the law covers every medium of thought currently accessible to the police, and if they could read our thoughts directly, they would surely do so and base their prosecution on it."

http://eivindberge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/my-soul-is-criminal.html

Google Translation of the original case.

You Know When The Child 'Protection' Industry Charities Are Lying - Their Lips Are Moving

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Judge lets man caught with 2,000 images of children walk free http://t.co/BbQ7vBXB08
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) October 31, 2014

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Published: 14:15, 31 October 2014 | Updated: 00:00, 1 November 2014

Child safety [sic] campaigners blast judge who let father-of-two caught with nearly 2,000 indecent images of children walk free [sic] after telling him 'you are not a paedophile'

">CG admitted downloading 1,834 obscene [sic] photos of children,
>Police also found 34 videos including extreme pornography involving animals,
>Judge Holt caused outrage for saying G is a voyeur not a paedophile [correct],
>Father-of-two G was given just a two-year community sentence [not 'walk free', then],
>Children's charity Kidscape has questioned the message his sentence gives to other internet sex offenders [sic] and say it doesn't reflect severity of the crime [no, there should be no punishment, at all !!!]."

"Child abuse charities attacked the judge’s decision as ‘dangerous’ ...

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Peter Saunders; NAPAC @NAPAC https://twitter.com/NAPAC 

 Profiteer and Disinforming Professional Victim and Child 'Saver'- Grade A

"Peter Saunders, of the National Association for People Abused in Childhood, said: ‘That’s a wonderful message to send to society [we are getting there, Peter :) ] – that someone who pays [did he, are you sure?] to watch children being abused [sic] is given a rap on the knuckles [hardly] and told they are not a danger to children [correct]. ‘This judge has given a very inappropriate, misguided and quite alarming sentence.’[damn right, it should have been an unconditional discharge.]

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Jon Brown; NSPCC @NSPCC https://twitter.com/NSPCC
  
@JonBrown46 https://twitter.com/JonBrown46

 Profiteer and Disinforming Professional Child 'Saver' - Grade A

"John Brown, of the NSPCC, said: ‘Anyone who downloads indecent images of children should be considered capable of posing [sic] a risk [why? evidence? risk of what? Police?], and a custodial sentence is usually an appropriate [weasel word and incorrect] one.’"

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Claude Knights; Kidscape @Kidscape https://twitter.com/Kidscape

  

Profiteer and Disinforming Professional Child 'Saver' - Grade ?

"And Claude Knight, of child safety campaigners Kidscape, said: ‘The sheer number [tiny] of images downloaded would certainly lead one to conclude [sic] predatory tendencies exist.’"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2815837/Judge-lets-man-caught-2-000-indecent-images-children-walk-free.html

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Think, before you ever give your money or time ...

... oh, and let us not forget ...

Experts & Judge r wrong Gilland(34) who had child abuse images of children 2 &3 yrs is a child absuser NOT a voyeur http://t.co/63wPdyFiEs

— Mark Williams-Thomas (@mwilliamsthomas) October 31, 2014

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9/11/2014

Suspended sentence for former Met police officer’s stack of child abuse images

"The way in which the new guidelines operate is still settling down (they were only ‘in force’ from 1 April 2014), however in relation to image offences it seems rather straightforward. There are 3 categories (formerly the courts used the COPINE scale which placed images into one of 5 categories) A, B and C. The guideline states:

In most cases the intrinsic character of the most serious of the offending images will initially determine the appropriate category. If, however, the most serious images are unrepresentative of the offender’s conduct a lower category may be appropriate.

That places L (almost unarguably) into category A. Not only are those the most serious, but also, the “justice” of the case is done by categorising this as a Cat A case as most of the images are at that level.

The starting point is therefore 12 months custody. Add in the aggravating features such as the use of police property, the fact he was a serving police officer and the number of images – not an extremely high number but it is clear that this is not a case of experimentation which was quickly desisted.

Take account of the mitigation, including the PTSD, the alcoholism and his previous character (serving in the army and the police etc.) and the guilty plea, a sentence of 12 months does not seem inappropriate."

http://ukcriminallawblog.com/2014/11/09/suspended-sentence-for-former-met-police-officers-stack-of-child-abuse-images

Now You Welcome Him

7/1/14

THE FAKE SOUND OF MEDIA MORALITY

"Save your sympathy.
Who'd you think you're fooling?
Everything is dead
Now you welcome me
to A Town Called Hypocrisy"

"Here in the UK, that we have lived through an eye-opening couple of years is undeniable. For those of us still able to stop, think for ourselves and engage in cognitive thinking, life has been become a pretty incredulous experience. This wouldn't be so bad if 'thinking' wasn't becoming such an old-fashioned concept. For those of us with a degree of intellect, warning signs are flashing away at us madly. I largely eschewed the printed propaganda of the so-called newspapers years ago, last I knocked watching 'mainstream TV' on the head on account of it being utterly dire. The use of online 'social networking' may well be next to go for me - it's soul destroying watching 'The Descent Of Man' unfurl before my eyes, grown adults reduced to reactionary rants purloined from the gutter press or 'sharing' infantile pictures and/or 'jokes'."

http://retardedkingdom.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/the-fake-sound-of-media-morality.html

IIOC/Extreme Images - If Not, Why Not?

https://twitter.com/OSCP2/status/417377204423507968 

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Mr W, Ms B and Ms P - Like Lambs To The Slaughter

http://www.courtserve.net/courtlists/current/crown/cardi_T131218.01.htm

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Posted: 18/12/2013 09:35 GMT | Updated: 18/12/2013 11:17 GMT

IW, Lostprophets Singer To Be Sentenced Today For Child Sex Offences

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/12/18/ian-watkins-lostprophets-singer-sentenced-today-child-sex-offences_n_4464179.html?1387365449&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008

18 Dec 2013 11:21

Live updates: IW to be sentenced over child sex offences

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/live-lostprophets-ian-watkins-sentenced-6415935

12:06pm UK, Wednesday 18 December 2013

IW Sentencing: Live Updates
 
http://news.sky.com/story/1184144/ian-watkins-sentencing-live-updates 

Dec 18, 2013 12:55  

IW sentencing: Live updates as Lostprophets singer faces lengthy jail term for child sex offences

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ian-watkins-sentencing-live-updates-2937760

6 minutes ago

Lostprophets singer IW to be sentenced

http://www.itv.com/news/story/2013-12-18/lostprophets-singer-ian-watkins-sentenced/

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Dec 18, 2013

IPCC update on IW related matters

http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/news/ipcc-update-ian-watkins-related-matters 

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Very good, live, coverage from ...

Rupert Evelyn @rupertevelyn

https://twitter.com/rupertevelyn

Marcus Edwards @c4marcus

https://twitter.com/c4marcus

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18/12/2013

IW sentenced – 35 years imprisonment

"We covered the case of IW (and two women, named as A and B) who pleaded guilty on 26th November 2013 to various child sex offences. His case was adjourned for sentence. We had said that (on the information that was in the news reports) that the likely sentence was in the region of 20-25 years, and that he was in line for a sentence of life imprisonment."

http://ukcriminallawblog.com/2013/12/18/ian-watkins-sentenced

22/08/2013 

Extended Determinate Sentences (New 2012 extended sentences)

http://ukcriminallawblog.com/2013/08/22/2012-extended-sentences-extended-determinate-sentence

18 Dec 2013 14:38

I W sentenced to 29 years in prison for sexually abusing children 

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/ian-watkins-sentenced-29-years-6422696

Wednesday 18 December 2013 14.40 GMT

IW jailed for 35 years for child sex crimes

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/18/ian-watkins-jailed-child-sex-crimes?CMP=twt_gu

Wednesday, Dec 18 2013

35 years in prison: Lostprophets paedophile [not] IW shakes in the dock as he is sentenced for attempting to rape a baby and mothers who helped him abuse their children are jailed for 14 and 17 years each

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2525722/Lostprophets-paedophile-Ian-Watkins-described-child-sex-abuse-crimes-mega-lolz.html

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R v IW and Others

http://www.crimeline.info/case/r-v-ian-watkins

Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

Statements released by South Wales Police in relation to the case of IW

http://www.south-wales.police.uk/news/statement-released-south-wales-police-relation-ian-watkins-case

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Comment:

Mr Ian Watkins - not a Paedophile - not one harmed 'victim' - another 'victory', of hysteria, over natural justice, truth and reality.

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19/12/13

Ian Watkins victims are sadly not unique, writes @NSPCC chief @PeterWanless in today's @DailyMirror http://t.co/RLT1JkbWfP
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) December 19, 2013

Statements from South Wales Police & PCC Alun Michael following the sentencing of Ian Watkins & co-defendants http://t.co/i75XA7CnxF
— South Wales Police (@swpolice) December 18, 2013

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Comment: 

No harm (well, not to any 'victim'). Not Paedophiles. Just the usual, money-grabbing hyperbole, scaremongering, lies, propaganda and exploitation, from the NSPCC and DM.

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More to follow.

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Ian Watkins Court Trial

http://ianwatkinscourttrial.createaforum.com/index.php

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Related Garbage

http://www.reddit.com/r/conspiratard/comments/1t9vqj/ian_watkins_was_set_up

Welcome To ...

LOSTPROPHETS - A Town Called Hypocrisy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZzgN7efCoE

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Male Genital Mutilation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision

Female Genital Mutilation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation

Children And War

https://www.google.com/search?q=Children+war&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=-weXUrfzCIKd7Qbz6oDoCw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=860

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You know who you are.

The OSC

Our Advice? Hide In A Cupboard, Think Pure Thoughts

14th Aug 2013 | 13:30

Online pornography: what's legal and what's not

"Bad porn dialogue is in, but sexting is out. So say bye-bye to your Snapchat and 'private' Instagram accounts.

It's August, and David Cameron's family-friendly domestic internet blocks are rolling out across the UK.

Part of a larger government initiative to prevent "poisonous" pornography websites from "corroding childhood", these filters will make online adult content opt-in only, and possessing extreme material - such as images depicting rape or violence - will become a criminal offence.""

http://m.techradar.com/news/internet/online-pornography-what-s-legal-and-what-s-not-1172551

Government Attempts to Get to Grips With Violent Pornography

http://www.scribd.com/doc/160206751/Government-Attempts-to-Get-to-Grips-With-Violent-Pornography

http://obscenitylawyer.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/government-to-get-to-grips-with-rape.html

Jim, You Mean ... CEOP, IWF, Police, Judges etc etc ? You May, Indeed, Have A Point

https://twitter.com/JimGamble_INEQE

Throwing Us A Bone

Tuesday 23 July 2013

Porn is about fantasy sex - and the truth is that some women have rape fantasies. But this is very different from the real thing

"It does not mean we would enjoy being raped, or that we deserve to be raped. Let's not teach teenagers that Planet Porn is inextricable from the Real World."

"If we are honest with ourselves, a lot of women have indulged in sexual fantasies about rape. This does not mean we would enjoy being raped, or that we deserve to be raped, in the Real World. Interestingly, few women I know would openly admit to this. The reason I happen to know it’s true is because I’ve interviewed a lot of men who say that their partners have admitted to having rape fantasies in moments of intimacy that can only exist between lovers."

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/porn-is-about-fantasy-sex--and-the-truth-is-that-some-women-have-rape-fantasies-but-this-is-very-different-from-the-real-thing-8727971.html

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23/7/13

Extreme porn laws welcomed by Durham University professors

"TWO campaigners have welcomed the Government’s announcement to reform the law on extreme pornography to include images of rape."

"Professors McGlynn and Rackley said: “We welcome the announcement that the government intends to take steps to ensure that the possession of all pornographic images of rape is criminalised."

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/education/extreme-porn-laws-welcomed-by-durham-university-professors-1-5881113 

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Extreme pornography laws should be reformed, experts say

http://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=17851

Durham professors call for extreme porn laws to be reformed 

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10439722.Durham_professors_call_for_extreme_porn_laws_to_be_reformed/

University academics call for new laws on extreme porn 

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/crime/university-academics-call-for-new-laws-on-extreme-porn-1-5705278

Durham Law Professors McGlynn and Rackley debate 5th anniversary of extreme pornography law on BBC and at Durham conference

https://www.dur.ac.uk/glad/news/?itemno=17649

The Legal Regulation of Pornography 

http://www.dur.ac.uk/glad/activities/pornography/ 

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Professor Clare McGlynn

"Clare also co-led the pioneering ESRC funded Feminist Judgments Project which put 'theory into practice' by writing the 'missing' feminist judgments in key cases (Research Briefing here). The judgments, published in Feminist Judgments: from theory to practice, powerfully demonstrate how cases could and should have been decided differently."

https://www.dur.ac.uk/law/staff/stafflist/?id=429

https://www.dur.ac.uk/law/staff/stafflist/?id=429&publications=1

Professor Erika Rackley 

 "In addition to her sole-authored research, Erika is also involved in collaborations with other scholars in the fields of judicial diversity, through her involvement as a member of the executive committee of the Equal Justices Initiative and as co-organiser of the Feminist Judgments Project."

http://www.dur.ac.uk/law/staff/stafflist/?id=3607

https://www.dur.ac.uk/law/staff/stafflist/?id=3607&publications=1

No Image Is 'Good' Or 'Bad'

PUBLISHED: 03:02, 26 April 2013 | UPDATED: 15:30, 26 April 2013

Teachers should give lessons in pornography and tell pupils 'it's not all bad', experts say

">Recommendations suggest teachers confront 'myths' about porn
>Guidance could have significant influence in British schools

Teachers have been encouraged to introduce pornography into the classroom, using sex education lessons to explain that porn is 'not all bad' and 'hugely diverse'.

The recommendations, included in an educational guide, suggest that teachers confront 'myths' about porn and inform children as young as five about sexualisation.

The guidance could have significant influence in British schools after the Government's decision to keep sex education lessons voluntary, leaving schools to devise their own ways of teaching the subject."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2315030/Teachers-lessons-pornography-tell-pupils-bad-experts-say.html

Schools 'should teach how to view porn', sex forum says

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-22308393

The Right To Have Access To Ideas And Information Regardless Of Their Social Or Moral Worth Is A Fundamental One

Monday 18 March 2013

So, should porn be censored?

"Those who insist that porn should be censored or regulated claim that it sexualises children and promotes immoral behaviour. Others are happy to live with ‘healthy’ adult porn but want to ban porn which degrades women or celebrates sexual violence. Some are comfortable with all sorts of obscenity but feel that child porn must be criminalised.

As someone who takes freedom of speech and of expression seriously, I reject any form of censorship – including of obscene material. The right to have access to ideas and information regardless of their social or moral worth is a fundamental one. Those who, like me, believe the world would be a better place if we didn’t have the industrialisation of porn should counter this phenomenon by challenging the culture that underpins it, not through censorship."

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

Be Secure

March 18, 2013

Security Settings in File-Sharing Software May Lead to Unintended Sharing of Child Pornography 

"Peer-to-peer or P2P file-sharing software can get you into a lot of trouble - including criminal trouble - if you are not careful about your privacy settings.

Peer-to-peer or P2P file-sharing software allows computer users to remotely share files, including images and videos, with other users across the world with the same software installed. It may seem harmless, but it can get you into a lot of trouble - including criminal trouble - if you are not careful about your privacy settings.

Whether you were using Limewire, Shareaza, BitTorrent, Kazaa or another file-sharing program, making sure that your security settings are properly set may save you from dealing with the North Carolina or federal authorities. Without properly setting up your P2P software to keep private files private, you may unintentionally end up sharing content that was meant for no one but yourself. If that content contains illegal child pornography, you can quickly find yourself facing serious distribution of child pornography charges rather than simply possession charges."

http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release-rss/security-settings-in-filesharing-software-may-lead-to-unintended-sharing-of-child-pornography-333307.php

Opt-in Internet porn filter across 4 major UK ISPs humming along nicely

http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/03/opt-in-internet-porn-filter-across-4-major-uk-isps-humming-along-nicely/

Statism/Feminism - All The Same Agenda

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

*****

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?

Mens Rea - Valid, Seems So

8:25am Friday 4th January 2013

Policeman cleared of animal porn charges

"A POLICE officer has been cleared of possessing extreme pornographic images.

GR, aged 26, a police officer who was previously based in Farnworth, was accused of having two animal porn videos on his mobile phone.

A jury of seven women and five men at Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester, yesterday took just 25 minutes to unanimously find him not guilty of the charges.

PC R told the court that the images were sent to him by a colleague while he was doing temporary work at a TV licensing firm in Preston between April and August, 2006."

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/10140874._/

Porn case PC cleared

http://www.lep.co.uk/news/local/porn-case-pc-cleared-1-5276038

Again, So Much For Mens Rea

Friday 14 December 2012

Phone porn sentence u-turn

"A TAXI driver who ended up with a criminal conviction after his mate sent a film of animal porn to his mobile phone has won his fight against a 100-hour unpaid work order.

BAS, 39, Shevington, “did nothing to solicit” the illegal movie and tried to delete it from his phone, but his lack of technological know-how let him down, a London hearing was told.

Having thought he was rid of the illegal bestiality image, he went on to download music to his PC from his phone - along with the extreme porn film.

The image was discovered by police in May last year and he was arrested and his computer seized.

He pleaded guilty to possession of an extreme pornographic image at Liverpool Crown Court in August."

http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local-news/phone-porn-sentence-u-turn-1-5226586

The Sheriff Is Truly Barking

v11 December 2012 Last updated at 14:57

Dundee man jailed for possessing 'extreme pornography'

"SR was jailed for possessing "extreme pornography"

A Dundee man caught with thousands of indecent images of children and more than 200 hours' worth of "extreme pornography" videos has been jailed.

"Sheriff Davidson said: "You had images featuring women having sexual relations with an extraordinary range of animals, as well as some of the most extraordinarily vile material I've ever had the misfortune of viewing.

"You need help - but that won't help the children who have been damaged for profit or the women who have been humiliated by having relations with animals and exposed to frankly unspeakable risks.

"The only option that can protect the public worldwide is to impose an extended sentence.""

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-20682932

'Extreme pornography' man found with indecent images of octopuses

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/205370-extreme-pornography-man-found-with-indecent-images-of-octopuses/

Dundee man who amassed 'vile' pornography was 'detached from regular society'

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/News/Dundee/article/26393/dundee-man-who-amassed-vile-pornography-was-detached-from-regular-society.html

Fair Point, Officer Glen

Published on Wednesday 24 October 2012 10:54

‘Seek help before we seek you out’ is advice from police

"The top cop in charge of catching child porn offenders in Herts has urged anyone who thinks they may be at risk of this type of offending to get help before it is too late.

Det Chief Insp Glen Channer, who heads up the Herts child protection and paedophile [sic] units of around 30 specially trained officers, said: “If someone is convicted they will become a registered sex offender and they will go on a sex offenders programme. They should seek help now.”

"He said that those who feel they are at risk of committing such a crime can get help by visiting their GP or by contacting the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre [mmmm, not sure on that], the Lucy Faithfull Foundation, Stop It Now or the Samaritans.""

http://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/local/seek-help-before-we-seek-you-out-is-advice-from-police-1-4402200

When Drawing Pictures Gets You More Porridge

9:20am Friday 12th October 2012

Paedophile's [sic] prison term is reduced

"A paedophile [sic] who drew cartoons depicting images of child abuse [how does a drawing depict an image?] in his prison cell has had his sentence cut [barely].

APG, 38, was serving time for taking indecent photos of children [irrelevant] at Bullingdon Prison, in Bicester, when police discovered 107 “hand-drawn indecent images of children” which he said were for “his own sexual interest”. But there was also evidence that he had given some of the drawings to another inmate, Judge Andrew Gilbart QC told London’s Appeal Court this week.

The drawings were described in court as “cartoonish” in style, but also as “deeply unpleasant and very graphic”, depicting imaginary children involved in sex acts with adults. Gregory was jailed for two years at Oxford Crown Court in June after he admitted possessing prohibited images of children.

He also had a previous conviction for sexually assaulting a child, the Appeal Court heard. [irrelevant]

His lawyers challenged his sentence with claims that it was out of proportion to his offence [no shit], and the Appeal Court judges cut the term to 18 months. Judge Gilbart, sitting with Mr Justice Sweeney, accepted the images did not depict the “actual abuse of children” and concluded that the crown court judge should have “fixed a lower tariff”. [six months off, whoopy, frickin', doo]

http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/9980974._/

The NSPCC's Self-Serving, Negative, Propaganda Never Ceases

Oct 5 2012

Closeburn man found with over 200 indecent images caged

"Children’s charity NSPCC referred to Grubb’s actions as “deeply distressing”.

Matt Forde, head of service for NSPCC Scotland, said: “This is a deeply distressing case where a man has admitted creating [disinformation] many indecent images, showing extreme [weasel words] levels of child abuse [weasel word] .

“Behind these images [yes, images] are real children [same for many images, your point?] who have had to suffer terrible [weasel word] abuse [evidence?] and may [weasel word] well need support and therapy to overcome their experiences [evidence?].

“People viewing these pictures contribute to the perpetuation of child sexual abuse [evidence?, weasel word] and may [weasel word] also commit contact offences against children. [evidence and causality?]”"

http://www.dgstandard.co.uk/dumfries-news/local-news-dumfries/local-news-dumfriesshire/2012/10/05/51311-31968001/

A Line In The Shifting Sands

Published: 13/01/2011 13:57 - Updated: 13/01/2011 13:59

'Death fetish' porn charge man acquitted

"A MAN from Stone who downloaded “death fetish” pictures from the internet has been cleared in a test case verdict by jurors of having “extreme pornography”.

The photos, posed by actors and showing scenes of women being stabbed and suffocated, were found on KW’s computer during a police raid at home.

New legislation makes it illegal to possess pornography that realistically portrays acts likely to cause serious injury to genitals, anus or breast, or death.

In the first jury trial of its kind, W, aged 47, of CD, Stone, was acquitted of four charges of possessing extreme pornography.

The jury heard the four pictures were samples from sets produced by a company called Drop Dead Gorgeous using actors and actresses for a niche pornography market known as “death fetish”."

http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/News/Death-fetish-porn-charge-man-acquitted.htm