Tag: porn filter
Guardian: Sexting could see teenagers branded as sex offenders
Damien Gayle covers Backlash’s warning that ‘criminalising 16- to 18-year-olds for sending explicit pictures to one another shows how disconnected the political establishment is from changes to technology and social values’. Read his article here
The UK Porn Filter: Limp And Unwelcome
Guest post by Helen Dale, cross-posted from Thoughts on Liberty So, David Cameron wants to institute a UK-wide porn filter. This news has now reached the US. You are probably laughing at us. If so, that’s a good thing, because the proposal is laughable. It means socially awkward Brits will […]
Essential links defending sexual freedom on the Internet III
Georgina Voss, Guardian: An anti-porn hack day: Mr Cameron? Be careful what you wish for Anna Arrowsmith and Fiona Elvines, Comment is Free: Should accessing ‘rape pornography’ be restricted by law? Clive Martin, Vice: Ten Ways Your Life Might Change Without Internet Porn (Over 18) Another Angry Woman: Not that […]
Essential links defending sexual freedom on the Internet II
Jane Fae, Politics.co.uk: Three bad ideas about sex and the internet Milena Popova, ORGzine: Porn blocking – a survivor’s perspective Zoe Stavri, Independent: Don’t ban ‘rape porn’ – introduce more porn with negotiation and boundary-setting Glasgow Sexworker: History Lesson: what happened when Canada enacted a feminist anti-porn law? Charles Arthur, […]