Porn showing choking or incest to be banned from early November, government says
0 / 26
English
中文
Online pornography depicting strangulation or incestuous relationships will be banned from early November, the government has announced.
（暂无翻译）
From 6 November, it will be illegal to possess or publish porn which shows strangulation or suffocation, depicts sexual activity between people who are related or shows adults role-playing as children under 16.
（暂无翻译）
The new rules follow a review into porn regulation in 2025 which found depictions of choking were "rife" on popular porn sites and had helped normalise the act among young people.
（暂无翻译）
Conservative peer Baroness Gabby Bertin, who headed the review, said the news came "not a moment too soon".
（暂无翻译）
She told the Press Association the change in law would "send the unequivocal signal" to companies that host and facilitate porn, and also to wider society, that "extreme and violent content that encourages real-life harm is not acceptable".
（暂无翻译）
Her independent review, commissioned by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government, cited an account of a 14-year-old boy asking a teacher how to choke girls during sex.
（暂无翻译）
It warned that people imitating such behaviour "may face devastating consequences".
（暂无翻译）
Non-fatal strangulation is already an offence if someone does not consent - but its depiction online is currently not illegal.
（暂无翻译）
Amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill, which became law in April, sought to ensure such content would be captured by the legislation and made criminal offences in England and Wales.
（暂无翻译）
Justice minister Alex Davies-Jones said it was not about "criminalising harmless sexual preferences".
（暂无翻译）
But she said "porn can shape what people think a healthy relationship looks like, especially young people". Content which "normalises, or even glorifies" violence against women can "blur the line with what is acceptable in real life", she said.
（暂无翻译） （暂无翻译）
"If you've got this material, delete it. If you're sharing it, stop," Davies-Jones added.
（暂无翻译） （暂无翻译）
"It's not as harmless as you may think, and after 6 November, it is criminal."
（暂无翻译）
'He strangled me without asking' - experts say choking during sex now normal for many The new offences each carry a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment, for publication.
（暂无翻译）
According to the government, this could include uploading, posting or otherwise making the content available to someone online.
（暂无翻译）
Possession, meanwhile, could include keeping an image stored on a phone, computer or in cloud storage, the government says.
（暂无翻译）
Someone found to be in possession of images depicting sexual activity involving a person pretending to be under 16 could face up to three years' imprisonment, after 6 November.
（暂无翻译）
Those found to be in possession of images depicting strangulation, suffocation or penetrative sexual activity between certain relatives could face up to two years' imprisonment.
（暂无翻译）
Porn that shows or depicts sex between step or foster-relations where one person is pretending to be under 18 will also be captured by the new offences.
（暂无翻译）
Durham University law professor Clare McGlynn - who has previously warned widely available extreme content normalises sexual violence - welcomed the laws taking full effect.
（暂无翻译）
"This is a potential turning point, the commencement of these laws marking a line in the sand when we decided that we were no longer going to accept the normalisation of sexually violent content in pornography," she told the BBC.
（暂无翻译）
But she said questions remained over how swiftly tech platforms and regulators would act to remove and mitigate the spread of violating material.
（暂无翻译）
"While these are criminal offences, this is not about prosecuting individuals, but transforming the online pornographic landscape and that requires the platforms and regulator to act," Prof McGlynn added.
（暂无翻译）
Extreme porn has 'normalised' violence against women, leading KC warns Why dangerous teen sex choking is raising alarm Online porn showing choking to be made illegal, government says
（暂无翻译）
仅供学习使用，如有侵权请联系删除 · 查看原文