Offsite Article:
In Defence Of Showgirls Touching on the unviability of the MPA NC-17 rating and societal diktats on what films you 'should' or 'should not'
watch.
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The Digital Economy Act 2017 threatened to introduce strict age verification for internet porn access coupled with ISP blocking for websites that don't comply.
However the legislation was fundamentally flawed by its voluntary approach to privacy and security. After a series of delays, the age verification section of the bill was put out of its misery in October 2019.
The censorship of internet porn will now
be carried over into the Online Harms Bill which has wider ambitions on the censorship of the whole internet. This bill will be discussed during 2020. An interesting foible is that if the censorship rules are a bit tough for US internet giants then these
may become a negotiating point in the upcoming trade talks with the US.
Prior to the Online Harms Bill will be consideration of the extension of EU VoD censorship under an updated AVMS directive. Ofcom had previously mirrored censorship
arrangements as proposed for the Digital Economy Act but now may need to reconsider as age verification services will not be so readily available. Also there is the issue that any onerous censorship/age verification requirements would only apply to
websites run from Britain so onerous rules may prove very unfair.
Meanwhile the Information Commissioner's Office has published wide ranging age verification requirements for most websites in the name of data protection for children, Eg Amazon
shoppers may have to prove being 16+ before being allowed to hand over personal details to online checkouts. Since the draft, ICO downgraded 'age verification' to 'age assurance' suggesting that less rigorous age checking may be sufficient. ICO have
probably created a difficulty for companies to earn a living, as the no data slurping requirement for kids may prove attractive to adults too. Users may prove a little reluctant to 'assure' their age.
MPAA 27th Sep
Offsite Article:
In Defence Of Showgirls Touching on the unviability of the MPA NC-17 rating and societal diktats on what films you 'should' or 'should not'
watch.
UK TV 24th Sep
Buffy on E4 Comparing old DVD cuts with recent TV showings
UK
TV
Half baked complaints 200 people whinge to Ofcom about a coronavirus joke on The Great British Bake Off
Cuts and Bans 23rd Sep
Seven Women for Satan 1976 France horror by Michel Lemoine, cut in the UK, banned in France, set for US Blu-ray release on 10th November 2020
Asia Pacific 20th Sep
The Social Dilemma New Zealand film censor addresses a Netflix documentary that includes extracts from a film banned by the censor
Killing Whitey BBC responds to complaints about a joke on Frankie Boyle's New World Order
PC News
Offsite Article:
Cancelling cancel culture School pupils will be taught that cancel culture is a form of bullying and
no platforming an attack on our freedoms
Art 25th Sep
The art of timing Philip Guston art exhibition postponed 4 years after references to Ku Klux Klan
figures were considered untimely
Tech
GreatStuff GreatFire offers a free browsing app for websites which evades any network blocking
Asia Pacific 24th
Sep
Government protests Thailand threatens legal action against social media companies in its quest to censor
criticism of the country's political system
US News 26th Sep
Offsite Article:
Black Butts Matter Portland's Stripper Strike is over a fair crack for all performers, but does this clash with
a right for customers to be turned on by whoever they like?
Sex Toys 25th Sep
Easy decision Dutch Football team allowed sex toys logo on their strip
Gov 24th Sep
Are you allowed a sex life under the rule of 6? Questions to Matt Hancock about a government law that allows only for those
in an 'established relationship' reveal that casual sex is now illegal in the UK
Nice 'n' Naughty 23rd Sep
Nice and Naughty celebrate turning 21 Trish Murray, Director of Nice 'n' Naughty looks back at the last 21 years as the company hits
a significant milestone
World P4P 22nd Sep
Empowering Sex workers are petitioning to get prostitution legalised in Thailand
