Chinese Censorship
UK Government Unveils Controversial Age Verification Guidelines for Adult Content
U.K. media regulator Ofcom, the government authority tasked by the recently enacted Online Safety Act with online content restriction enforcement, issued on Tuesday its first guidance to adult websites regarding age verification.
Sex Toys Banned at the 2022 Qatar Soccer World Cup
Days before the start of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the U.K.’s Foreign Office and state departments around the world are reminding traveling soccer fans about the country’s strict morality laws, including a blanket ban on sex toys.
Spanish Legislators Move Forward With Proposal to Re-Criminalize All Sex Work
Spain's Congress of Deputies moved forward Tuesday with a proposed new law backed by the ruling party, aiming to “prohibit pimping in all its forms” with the final aim to “abolish prostitution.”
Hong Kong: Obscenity Arrests After Decade-Old 'Gay Cops' Video Goes Viral
Hong Kong police arrested two people on Monday over their participation in a nine-year-old explicit video depicting men in police uniforms, a 10-second clip of which went viral in April.
Canada: MP Describes Pornhub, MindGeek Hearings as a 'Dysfunctional Circus'
Members of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics of Canada’s House of Commons are now expressing concern about the committee’s treatment of witnesses during their hearings targeting MindGeek and Pornhub, after sex worker advocates who tried to speak to the committee on April 19 shared their negative experiences.
Utah Bills Reflect State's Contradictions About Consent
Within the space of several days recently, Utah legislators moved forward with a bill intended to explicitly criminalize the sharing of private sexually explicit photos without the consent of the people depicted, and at the same time defeated a proposal that would include the teaching of consent in the state’s sex education curriculum.
China's First Official 'Moral Code' in 18 Years Urges to 'Avoid Porn'
The Central Committee and the State Council of China’s ruling Communist Party of China (PCP) has just issued a document outlining the country’s “moral policy,” including an exhortation to “avoid pornography” in the name of “doing a good job in the moral construction of cyberspace.”
Google Gives in to Chinese Censorship Demands
China continues its fight against online porn.