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News Friday 8th April...

BBFC Daily

Poster Colonia 2015 Florian Gallenberger

Daily UK Ratings from the BBFC
Anna, Fifty Shades of Black, House of Bodies, The Inhabitants

Religion

Update: Extreme censorship
Another secular blogger murdered by muslim extremists in Bangladesh

Nice 'n' Naughty

Comebacks
A Familiar Face Returns to Brighton's Nice 'n' Naughty

Cuts and Bans

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: BBFC Podcast Episode 47
BBFC category cuts to Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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Cutting Edge Episode 33
Lethal Weapon 2

Ferman's crusade continues

Help fund Cutting Edge: Season 2

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Quick Trims Episode 28:
Secondhand Lions on YouTube

BBFC category cuts for a PG rated cinema release

David Cameron's internet porn ban

The Canute Consultation
Government consults on age verification for porn and the censorship of foreign websites that don't comply
Consultation document [pdf]

Latest News:

Another Migrant to Germany
XBiz Europe pulls its business conference out of London in favour of Berlin as there is very little of the adult business left in Britain

Offsite Articles:

Not Just TV-Like
Jerry Barnett notes that the government's new porn censorship proposal is a lot wider than just Video on Demand and will require robust age verification for the likes of Google Image Search and Instagram

Plans to restrict access to pornography are motivated by nothing and will achieve nothing
David Cameron wants to protect teenagers from the wild world of sex on the internet - but this generation is more sexually responsible than we tend to think. By Clare Bowden

Is this the most inane government consultation of all time?
The government's online porn consultation asks people how to implement imaginary powers to deal with an imaginary problem in order to create a regulator they scrapped 3 months ago.

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Tony Bear explains UK video censorship to Lady Bear

In December 2014 the UK introduced new regulations to censor online videos. Tony Bear explains the new rules to Lady Bear. She doesn't like it. If you don't like it either, find out more at Backlash.

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Cuts and Bans

8th Apr

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: BBFC Podcast Episode 47
BBFC category cuts to Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Cuts and Bans

7th Apr

Shopping: Blood Bath
1966 USA / Yugoslavia horror by Jack Hill and Stephanie Rothman set for UK Blu-ray release on 30th May 2016 with 4 versions

Middle East

6th Apr

Growing up
Egypt adds age based film classifications

Diary

Diary: 7 Premieres
April 2016 on the Horror Channel

Cuts and Bans

1st Apr

Shopping: The Hateful Eight
2015 USA western by Quentin Tarantino set for UK DVD and Blu-ray release on 9th May 2016 in the Multiplex Version

Movie News

31st Mar

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: A history of adult animation
As Seth Rogen's NSFW CGI comedy Sausage Party reminds us, things like anthropomorphized food need not only exist for the delight of children

Diary

30th Mar

Diary: The Toxic Avenger Musical
April 22-May 21, 2016 at the Southwark Playhouse in London

Cuts and Bans

28th Mar

Secondhand Lions
Cutting Edge Quick Trims Episode 28. BBFC category cuts for a PG rated cinema release

Cuts and Bans

27th Mar

Shopping: Sex Murder Art: The Films Of Jorg Buttgereit
German horror collection by Jörg Buttgereit set for US Blu-ray release on 12th April 2016

Religion

8th Apr

Update: Extreme censorship
Another secular blogger murdered by muslim extremists in Bangladesh

Middle East

7th Apr

Updated: A poor choice of prospective menbers
Turkey demands that Germany censors satirical YouTube video about Erdogan

Africa News

Update: More internet censorship in the name of gambling prohibition
South African government decides to maintain ban of online casino gambling

Africa News

Tunisian Musicians Syndicate
Music bullies ban singer for slightly sexy music video

UK News

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: Injudicial comments
How a judge tried to censor reporting of child murderers' trial because the social media comments were strident and considered prejudicial

Asia Pacific

6th Apr

Errant father
Chinese architect of internet censorship less on gives lesson on how to work around it

Liberty News

Update: Desnoopered
WhatsApp announces the use of encryption for all calls and file transfers

Tech News

Taking a bite out of song lyrics
Apple patent a music censorship system

US News

5th Apr

Update: Abusive lawmaking
MPAA protests against overbroad revenge porn legislation being considered in Minnesota

Religion

7th Apr

Commented: Beyond criticism
Commentators are 'outraged' by Charlie Hebdo editiorial suggesting that the wider muslim community indirectly support terrorism by shutting down criticism of islam

ASA Watch

6th Apr

Thinly disguised censorship
Advert censor bans advert of perfectly healthy looking model on the basis of a single still

UK TV News

2nd Apr

Commented: Easter bunnies with fangs
A few whingers take to twitter to complain about a TV showing of Watership Down brutally destroying their safe space warren

UK News

Commented: Met Police: armed wing of the offence-taking industry
Man ludicrously arrested over non threatening tweet referencing the worldwide debate about support for terrorism

ASA Watch

30th Mar

Taboo word
Advert censor bans posters for fashion brand as the name includes the world child

Nutter Watch US

29th Mar

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: Speechless
Another attempt at technology to self censor movies for the easily offended

PC News

27th Mar

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: Comment Isn't Free
The Guardian is a little slow to see that its brand of PC extremism isn't so popular with its internet commenters

ASA Watch

24th Mar

Daily Mail targeted at aged readers, not youngsters
Daily Mail let off by the advert censor for trailing a 15 rated ghost film before a One Direction music video

Advert News

23rd Mar

Sexist and violent and funny
Australian advert censor whinges about a witty advertising board

Nice 'n' Naughty

8th Apr

Comebacks
A Familiar Face Returns to Brighton's Nice 'n' Naughty

World P4P

7th Apr

Updated: Miserable France
French parliament is just about to pass a nasty new law to endanger sex workers and criminalise their customers

UK News

6th Apr

Historic porn site
Mary Millington honoured with a blue plaque

World P4P

5th Apr

Update: Miserable Amsterdam
Council asks for people to snitch on happy endings in massage salons

Sex Shop News

(You Drive Me) Crazy
Rochdale Councillor has a ludicrous whinge about a Britney Spears style costume in a sex shop window

World P4P

1st Apr

Update: Korea's weak constitution
Court upholds repressive prostitution laws

Sex Shop News

31st Mar

Enlargement pills for a Little Chef
Plans for a new sex shop in St Helens

Sex for Fun

27th Mar

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: The Daily Mail recommends
Swingers hold fundraising orgy at Eureka private sex resort in Kent

World P4P

26th Mar

Update: Pretty Women Beware!
Italian city of Salerno introduces nasty law criminalising women for 'violating urban decorum'

Diary

6th Apr

Diary: 7 Premieres
April 2016 on the Horror Channel

Diary

30th Mar

Diary: The Toxic Avenger Musical
April 22-May 21, 2016 at the Southwark Playhouse in London

Future Releases

7th Apr

Shopping: Blood Bath
1966 USA / Yugoslavia horror by Jack Hill and Stephanie Rothman set for UK Blu-ray release on 30th May 2016 with 4 versions

Recent Releases

Shopping: Your Vice Is A Locked Room And Only I Have The Key
Giallo by Sergio Martino, once cut by the BBFC, just released on UK Blu-ray

Recent Releases

Shopping: Doomwatch
1970-72 UK Sci-Fi drama by Peter Sasdy just released on UK DVD

Recent Releases

6th Apr

Shopping: Hammer Film Collection - Volume Two
1958 UK horror by Terence Fisher just released on US DVD

Recent Releases

Shopping: Kill Your Friends
2015 UK crime comedy thriller by Owen Harris just released on UK DVD and Blu-ray

Recent Releases

5th Apr

Shopping: Code 7, Victim 5 / Mozambique
double feature just released on US DVD and Blu-ray

Recent Releases

Shopping: The Armour of God
1986 Hong Kong action comedy by Jackie Chan and Eric Tsang just released on UK DVD in its full length version

Recent Releases

Shopping: Death Walks Twice: Two Films by Luciano Ercoli
1971 Italy / Spain mystery thriller by Luciano Ercoli just released on UK DVD and Blu-ray

Recent Releases

Weekly US DVD and Blu-ray Releases
Hammer Film Collection Vol 2, Death Walks Twice, The Hallow

New Listings

8th Apr

Shopping: The Inhabitants
2015 USA horror thriller by Michael Rasmussen and Shawn Rasmussen set for UK DVD release on 16th May 2016

New Listings

Shopping: I Am Wrath
2016 USA action crime thriller by Chuck Russell set for UK DVD and Blu-ray release on 16th May 2016

New Listings

Shopping: House of Bodies
2013 USA thriller by Alex Merkin set for UK DVD release on 15th August 2016

New Listings

Shopping: Anna
2016 Singapore / USA horror mystery thriller by Kelvin Tong set for UK DVD release on 27th June 2016

New Listings

7th Apr

Shopping: Blood Bath
1966 USA / Yugoslavia horror by Jack Hill and Stephanie Rothman set for UK Blu-ray release on 30th May 2016 with 4 versions

New Listings

Shopping: Night of the Living Deb
2015 USA comedy horror romance by Kyle Rankin set for UK DVD release on 2nd May 2016

New Listings

6th Apr

Shopping: Dark Signal
2016 UK horror by Edward Evers-Swindell set for UK DVD release on 30th May 2016

New Listings

3rd Apr

Shopping: Worst Fears
anthology of horror shorts set for UK DVD release on 4th July 2016

New Listings

Shopping: The Bunker
2016 Spain action Sci-Fi adventure by Jaime Falero set for UK DVD release on 2nd May 2016

Nice 'n' Naughty

8th Apr

Comebacks
A Familiar Face Returns to Brighton's Nice 'n' Naughty

New and Offers

British Porn
Latest releases with a British connection from Private, Wicked Pictures and Viv Thomas

New and Offers

7th Apr

The Archangels
Selected releases at Hot Movies

New and Offers

6th Apr

Private
Latest Galleries from Private

New and Offers

5th Apr

Brett Rossi Is Delicious
Selected releases at Adult DVD Empire

New and Offers

4th Apr

Lesbian Beauties Vol.16
Selected releases at Hot Movies

New and Offers

3rd Apr

Delilah's Top Tips
Selected releases at British Porn

New and Offers

2nd Apr

Simply Porn DVD
Latest releases from Girlfriends Films, Pumpkin

New and Offers

1st Apr

Sexbots: Programmed For Pleasure
Selected releases at CD Universe

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