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Repressive  Swedish law currently criminalizes purchasing or procuring in-person sexual services but does not criminalize sex workers who provide such services. This approach is commonly referred to as the Nordic model. Under the new proposal, anyone who pays someone to perform a sexual act online, without actual physical contact, would be subject to the same criminal liability as those who hire in-person sex workers.

The proposal also includes liability for procuring such services, which could lead to enforcement against fan and webcam platforms, or conceivably even against creators who collaborate together.

Swedish creators have expressed concern that, under the proposed law, OnlyFans' terms of service could preclude Swedish creators from using the site -- and could even criminalize their personal lives, since living with a partner or receiving support could now be considered pimping.

The ESWA, a sex worker-led network representing more than 100 organizations in 30 countries across Europe and Central Asia, told XBIZ that it has launched a public petition urging the Swedish government to reject this proposal. The group writes:

This proposal represents a regressive and dangerous step that threatens the human rights, privacy, safety and livelihoods of sex workers and digital creators in Sweden and beyond. Websites and platforms hosting or facilitating consensual digital sex work could be prosecuted for 'digital pimping' creating a chilling effect that may lead to mass deplatforming of sex workers.

The ESWA is urging anyone who supports Swedish sex workers to add their name to the open letter. See petition from eswalliance.org

Miracles is a 2025 film by Jackie Chan
Starring Jackie Chan, Anita Mui and Ah-Lei Gua

The film is  uncut by the BBFC or MPAA. Exists in a shortened export version and a full length Hong Kong Version. Both are PG rated by the BBFC

UK: Passed Parental Guidance uncut for:

• 2025 88 Films Limited Edition [Uncut Hong Kong version + shortened international version] R0 4K Blu-ray at UK Amazon #ad released on 14th April 2025

Promotional Material

An optimistic Gwok Zan-Waa (Jackie Chan) arrives in Hong Kong, quickly finding himself impoverished. That is, until a serendipitous encounter with a rose seller (Gua Ah-Leh) leads to his inadvertent appointment as boss of a local gang. Amidst the reluctant leaders efforts to reform their fraternity and businesses, is an endeavour to share his new-found fortune with the bestower, all whilst trying to stave off rivals and the authorities. A remake of Frank Capras Pocketful of Miracles, Miracles - also known by its Hong Kong English title Mr Canton and Lady Rose - is an action-comedy-romance set against a backdrop of lavish elegance and style now remastered in 4K UHD with Dolby Vision and featuring both the Theatrical and Export Versions.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Limited Edition DUAL FORMAT Special Features include

• - Brand-new 4K restoration from the Original Camera Negative presented in Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range (HDR10 Compatible)
• - 4K (2160p) UHD presentation of the Original Hong Kong cut (Mr Canton & Lady Rose - 127 mins) and the International cut (Miracles aka Black Dragon - 107 mins) in original 2.35:1 Aspect Ratio
• - High Definition (1080p) Blu-rayTM disc also included
• - Remastered Original Cantonese Mono Soundtrack
• - Alternate Cantonese Mono Soundtrack featuring a unique mix and different music cues
• - Cantonese Mono - Home Video Mix
• - Cantonese 5.1
• - Newly-translated English Subtitles and SDH [optional]
• - Classic English Dub for the International cut with optional SDH
• - Audio Commentary by Frank Djeng and F.J. DeSanto [HK Version]
• - Teaser with clips from the main features of Project A II, Police Story 2, followed by behind-the-scenes of Miracles
• - Scenes From the Taiwan Version
• - Alternate The Canton Godfather title sequence
• - Jackie Chan: Film Director Featurette with Steve Lawson
• - Hong Kong Teaser
• - Hong Kong Trailer
• - Japanese Trailer
• - Japanese TV Spot
• - Stills Gallery
• - Double-sided sleeve featuring original Hong Kong art
• - Presented in a rigid slipcase featuring new artwork by Sam Green, and containing perfect bound book illustrated book featuring new and archive articles by David West, Paul Bramhall & William Blaik, art cards and double-sided poster

Ofcom has investigations into two pornographic services - Itai Tech Ltd and Score Internet Group LLC - under our age assurance enforcement programme.

Under the Online Safety Act, online services must ensure children cannot access pornographic content on their sites. In January, we wrote to online services that display or publish their own pornographic content to explain that the requirements for them to have highly effective age checks in place to protect children had come into force. We requested details of services' plans for complying, along with an implementation timeline and a named point of contact.

Encouragingly, many services confirmed that they are implementing, or have plans to implement, age assurance on around 1,300 sites. A small number of services chose to block UK users from accessing their sites, rather than putting age checks in place.

Certain services failed to respond to our request and have not taken any steps to implement highly effective age assurance to protect children from pornography.

We are today opening investigations into Itai Tech Ltd - a service which runs the nudification site Undress.cc - and Score Internet Group LLC, which runs the site Scoreland.com. Both sites appear to have no highly effective age assurance in place and are potentially in breach of the Online Safety Act and their duties to protect children from pornography. Next steps

We will provide an update on both investigations on our website in due course, along with details of any further investigations launched under this enforcement programme

Angel Guts: Red Classroom is a 1979 Japan horror thriller by Chûsei Sone
Starring Yûki Mizuhara, Keizô Kanie and Jun Aki

Distributors submitted this film to the BBFC in 2002 but the BBFC required unacceptable cuts and the distributors abandoned the UK release. The BBFC was finally passed 18 uncut for Blu-ray in 2025. Uncut and MPAA Unrated in the US.

Summary Notes

When a writer for a porn magazine, watches a "rape" porn that is set in a school, he becomes obsessed with the lead actress, Nami, and tries to find her. He meets her by chance as he arrives for a shoot at a hotel.

Versions

uncut run: 78:35s pal: 75:26s		UK: Uncut and BBFC 18 rated for sexual violence, strong sex, nudity: 2025 Third Window Films Blu-ray (rated 06/05/2025) titled Angel Guts - Red Classroom US: Uncut and MPAA Unrated for: 2006 Arts Magic R1 DVD at US Amazon #ad
unreleased cut: run: 77:18s pal: 74:12s		UK: BBFC 18 rated for sexual violence, strong sex, nudity for sexual violence, strong sex, nudity after BBFC cuts: 2002 Artsmagic DVD (rated 16/09/2002) The BBFC commented: Compulsory cuts required to remove eroticising sight of forced exposure and groping of breasts and to remove eroticising detail from subsequent rape scene. Cuts made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and BBFC Policy on sexual violence. The video remained  unreleased after the BBFC required unacceptable cuts. Distributors ArtsMagic collected all five uncut versions of Nikkatsu's officially produced "Angel Guts" films from 1978-1988. Having had difficulties submitting Red Classroom and Red Dizziness to the BBFC back in 2002 they decided to abandon plans for the UK market full stop, because they knew they wouldn't be able to release the best versions that they could.