“This morning, the laws governing online porn changed.
Somewhere in the UK, stooped over a keyboard, teeth bared, the men and women charged with shielding our eyes from anything deemed legally a-bit-off are working to a new set of guidelines:
As of today, the Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2014 comes into force, amending the 2003 Communications Act. All Video on Demand (VoD) services must now comply with this. Content is no longer permissible if it cannot be classified as an R18, according to guidelines laid out by the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC).”
Read more here: http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/the-end-of-uk-bdsm-282
Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/AnaKasparian) of The Young Turks discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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