New legislation is set to ban a large number of sexual acts in pornography viewed and sold in the UK.
The Digital Economy Bill is currently being considered in Parliament would ban people from viewing adult material with “non-conventional sexual acts”.
A legislation from 2014 banned several of the acts below from being produced and filmed in the UK, however, this new bill would mean that it would also stop British viewers accessing any websites from around the world which contain these acts.
The acts that would be banned have no been listed officially but if it was in line with the British Board of Film Classification it could include any if not all of the following according, to the Independent.
infliction of pain or acts which may cause lasting physical harm
sexual activity which involves real or apparent lack of consent
penetration by any object associated with violence
sexual threats, humiliation or abuse which do not form part of a clearly consenting role-playing game
any form of physical restraint which prevents participants from indicating a withdrawal of consent
material (including dialogue) likely to encourage an interest in sexually abusive activity which may include adults role-playing as non-adults
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