0h 42min, feb 27, 2025 y - Review Proposes Ban on Degrading and Violent Porn

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Degrading, violent and misogynistic pornography should be banned, a review of the industry has recommended.

The review, commissioned by the previous government and headed by the Conservative peer Baroness Gabby Bertin, urges ministers to give regulator Ofcom sweeping powers to police porn sites deemed to contain "harmful" material.

It proposes outlawing "degrading, violent and misogynistic content", including making it illegal to possess or publish pornography showing women being choked during sex.

Non-fatal strangulation is already an offence if someone does not consent but its depiction online is not illegal and the review finds it is "rife on mainstream platforms".

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