No more game of “mother’s daughters”.
The British authorities decided to take a tough way for one of the most controversial segments of the Internet. We are talking about pornography, which, in the opinion of the government, is directly related to violence and abuse in real life.
The government has amended the Crime and Order Bill, which criminalizes the possession and distribution of materials depicting incursions, as well as scenes where adults portray children. Videos with sexual scenes between relatives, including foster and consolidated families, will also be banned if one of the participants portrays a minor.
For the publication of such content is punishable by up to five years in prison. For storage - up to three years, if we are talking about the roles of "adult in the image of a child", and up to two years in cases with incest.
The authorities believe that such materials form dangerous norms and can contribute to the spread of sexual violence, especially against children. The amendments have become part of a broader programme to reduce violence against women and girls over the next decade.
Special attention was paid to the responsibility of technology companies. Managers can be prosecuted if platforms do not remove intimate images published without the consent of a person. In this case, both fines and prison terms are possible.
The Minister of Online Security Affairs Kanishka Narayan said that many women are faced with the publication of personal photos without permission, and new measures should make companies respond faster to such cases. According to him, we are not talking about recommendations, but about obligations that managers are obliged to fulfill.
The amendments were prepared with the participation of public activists who have long sought to ban such content. The British authorities emphasize that such materials are widely available on the network and are directly harmful, because they blur the boundaries of the permissible and can justify violence within the family.
New measures continue a series of initiatives aimed at protecting victims. Earlier, the country has already banned scenes of strangulation in pornography and limited the use of applications that create fake nude images.
The British authorities decided to take a tough way for one of the most controversial segments of the Internet. We are talking about pornography, which, in the opinion of the government, is directly related to violence and abuse in real life.
The government has amended the Crime and Order Bill, which criminalizes the possession and distribution of materials depicting incursions, as well as scenes where adults portray children. Videos with sexual scenes between relatives, including foster and consolidated families, will also be banned if one of the participants portrays a minor.
For the publication of such content is punishable by up to five years in prison. For storage - up to three years, if we are talking about the roles of "adult in the image of a child", and up to two years in cases with incest.
The authorities believe that such materials form dangerous norms and can contribute to the spread of sexual violence, especially against children. The amendments have become part of a broader programme to reduce violence against women and girls over the next decade.
Special attention was paid to the responsibility of technology companies. Managers can be prosecuted if platforms do not remove intimate images published without the consent of a person. In this case, both fines and prison terms are possible.
The Minister of Online Security Affairs Kanishka Narayan said that many women are faced with the publication of personal photos without permission, and new measures should make companies respond faster to such cases. According to him, we are not talking about recommendations, but about obligations that managers are obliged to fulfill.
The amendments were prepared with the participation of public activists who have long sought to ban such content. The British authorities emphasize that such materials are widely available on the network and are directly harmful, because they blur the boundaries of the permissible and can justify violence within the family.
New measures continue a series of initiatives aimed at protecting victims. Earlier, the country has already banned scenes of strangulation in pornography and limited the use of applications that create fake nude images.
