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'Abhorrent' step-incest porn to be banned with up to five years in prison (metro.co.uk)

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[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 201 points 2 days ago (18 children)

Banning porn where the actors pretend that what they're doing is almost illegal is wild. What's next, prison time if they say that one of the participants is just over the age of consent?

[–] bel@fedinsfw.app 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

A key clause not included in the headline and only briefly mentioned in the article is that this doesn't ban all step-porn. It only bans the step-porn if one of the actors pretends to be under 18.

From gov.uk:

The first of these vital measures will ban anyone from possessing or publishing harmful pornography that shows incest between family members, and sex between step or foster relations where one person is pretending to be under 18.

A further amendment will criminalise the publication and possession of pornography where an adult is roleplaying as a child.

(edited to update link)

[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Isn't an adult pretending to be a child in porn already illegal? That seems like something that would always have been illegal.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

yea that is considered CP, maybe its different for each country.

[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It sounds like that was not actually illegal in the UK, based on the article. However, I am not a UK resident nor expert in porn law.

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In that case is it still legal if they're not pretending related? Seems that would be the bigger fish here.

[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 2 points 1 day ago

At least according to the article, the law does not appear to address that.

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That seems like a weirdly specific way to just say that age of consent laws apply to the stated ages of the actors. The UK's age of consent is 16, or 18 if the other person is in a position of power (like a step-parent is).

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

You know, when politicians doth protest too much I begin to wonder why they doth.

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