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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.
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.
Meanwhile the Information
Commissioner's Office is considering 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. The ICO was due to present its proposals by 23rd November 2019 but this has now been delayed until a new government is in place.
Turning Tides The BBFC rating for The Prince of Tide is set to increase from 15 to 18
Cuts and Bans 10th Feb
Happy Birthday to Me 1981 Canada horror mystery thriller by J Lee Thompson set for UK Blu-ray release on 20th April 2020
PC News
Offsite Article:
All angles covered How intimacy coordinators are changing the way intimate encounters are
filmed. But the article doesn't mention if this affects the viewing experience
Asia Pacific 19th
Feb
Overreach Facebook is forced to censor a news page in Singapore
Charting a Way Forward on Online Content Censorship Facebook seems to be suggesting that if governments are so
keen on censoring people's speech then perhaps the governments should take over the censorship job entirely...
UK Internet
The DCMS announces its full censorship team line up Captain Oliver Dowden leads centre forward Matt
Warman and own goal kicker Nigel Huddleston. Taking offence will be Caroline Dinenage. John Whittingdale is on the right wing and Diana Barran takes the other place
Ofcom
17th Feb
A poisoned chalice Ofcom fines talkSport for bias on a George Galloway programme about the Salisbury
poisonings
Internet
A poisoned chalice Mark Zuckerberg thinks it is about time that governments took over the job of
internet censorship
The Dallas Connection 1994 USA action film by Christian Drew Sidaris set for US Blu-ray release on 12th May 2020
Coming Soon
Dracula Bloodline 2013 USA horror thriller by Jon Keeyes set for UK DVD release on 6th April 2020
Coming
Soon 17th Feb
V.F.W 2019 USA action horror by Joe Begos set for UK Blu-ray and DVD release on 6th April 2020
Coming Soon 16th Feb
Enemy Gold 1993 USA / Germany / Japan action crime film by Christian Drew Sidaris (as Drew Sidaris) set for US Blu-ray and DVD release on 12th May
2020
Coming Soon
Jacob's Ladder 2018 US horror mystery by James Foley set for UK DVD release on 4th May 2020
Coming Soon 15th Feb
Terminator: Dark Fate 2019 China / USA action Sci-Fi adventure by Tim Miller set for UK Blu-ray and DVD release on 2nd March 2020
Sex Shopping
19th Feb
Consent AVN Award Winners 2020: Best Gonzo Production
Sex Shopping
18th Feb
Elements AVN Award Winners 2020: Best Foreign Production - Open Genre
