PM’s porn vow
is ‘bizarre’
Nicola Laver, The Times
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has
told
a committee of MPs he supports stricter
curbs on extreme porn,
two years after
dropping
legislation
that would have
introduced significant restrictions.
The Commons Liaison Committee put to
him that the ease of access to extreme, violent
and degrading pornography underpins male
violence against women. He conceded that
‘people are coarsened and degraded by this
stuff ’.
Johnson
acknowledged
that
this
included the need to protect children from
online extreme violent pornography.
Help… I married a porn addict
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politics & policy
Help curb access to porn
James Mildred
Not that long ago, the UK Government committed an unfathomable U-turn by deciding not to implement bold new legislation to prevent children accessing online pornography.
Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act would have required users to provide some form of identification to prove that they are over the age of 18 before accessing explicit content. It would also have ensured an operational regulator with powers to crack down on websites hosting illegal extreme pornography.
Nicola Laver
Iain Taylor
