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The text below comes from a request under the Freedom of Information Act in terms of what the Home Office is thinking of including in its definition of images to be banned on the internet. Read and weep!
This is NOT in any way about images of 'extreme violence'. Bondage is in there. Corporal punishment is in there. The works. Basically, if you ever did any bdsm, and you have pics on your pc, prepare to buy a new pc in 18 months time.
Of course, there is a long way to go before this becomes law - and our hopes are that it never will. And whilst this list is BAD news, it also strikes me as good news too. After all, the wider the government draws its proposed net, the more people are likely to find themselves criminalised by possession of the images - and therefore the more who are going to fight back. Certainly, the campaign is now taking root well outside the BDSM community, in some very unexpected quarters.
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Anyway. Take a look:
"And just in case you are wondering exactly what is going to be banned under this new legislation, I have the complete list here (in simplified format obtained under the Freedom of Information Act).
Note this list is by no means comprehensive as the Home Office Legal Department are adding categories and clauses all the time but it gives you an idea of how wide ranging this is:
Asphyxia. Where the person is being choked in order to gain sexual pleasure.
Bestiality. Sexual acts between humans and animals.
Bondage. Tying a person in an unnatural position for sexual gratification where the participant is unable to withdraw their consent (for example they are gagged).
Corporal Punishment. Inflicting pain on another person
Cruelty to animals. Includes organised dog fighting, bear baiting, badger baiting, cock fighting. Also `crush' material which features humans stamping on vertebrates or standing on them with increased pressure until they are crushed.
Defecation. Voiding excrement from the bowels.
Enemas. Flushing the bowels with water, usually to drink the product or torture the victim.
Fisting. (anal or vaginal) Inserting a fist in the anus or vagina for sexual gratification.
Insertion of an object. Only where the insertion clearly inflicts pain.
Menstrual Blood. Sex between adults where the female is menstruating heavily and the blood is being smeared on the body or the used tampon is being sucked etc. This does not include post-intercourse depictions where a small amountof blood can be seen on the participants.
Necrophilia. Sexual intercourse with a corpse.
Sado-masochism. Sadists achieve sexual pleasure through inflicting torture and humiliation upon another person. Masochists desire maltreatment as am means of sexual gratification.
Scatology. Depictions indicating a general interest in excrement such as smearing or eating of excrement.
Urolagnia. The act of urination in the context of any of the following where a person is shown:
urinating at the same time as they are engaged in a sexual act. The urination and sexual act must be seen at the same time. The sexual act includes those such as fellatio (oral sex) and masturbation which would not be obscene if shown without urination; smearing urine on themselves or another; urinating on another person; being urinated upon; drinking urine.
Violence (non-simulated). Scenes of actual violence or mutilation shown in an exploitative context where they are not part of a legitimate documentary. For example a compilation of newsreel footage concentrating solely on scenes of violence or mutilation. This would also cover scenes of actual sexual assault including rape.
Violence (simulated). Scenes of simulated sexual violence such as rape shown in an exploitative context where the activity is graphically depicted and clearly intended to appear non-consensual. This excludes scenes contained in serious dramatic films."
Netherlands just rejected proposals similar to the ones the UK is discussing.
Germany clamping down on bdsm.
Portugal prosecuting people for bdsm.
Also, it is, illegal in Switzerland.
And a major FBI-led campaign in the US.