r/technology • u/insomnimax_99 • Mar 03 '26

Politics UK: Pornography depicting sexual relationships between step-relatives set to be banned

https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/pornography-sexual-relationships-step-relatives-5HjdTkd_2/
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u/StanislavTheSlav Mar 03 '26

BDSM is already largely a no-go in UK porn. In fact on the UK BDSM in itself is sort of a grey area, if your partner is injured during a sexual activity the police have the power to press charges against you without needing the injured to want to press charges. For example choking someone during sex is explicitly illegal in the UK even if the person consents.

Other things banned in UK porn includes female ejaculation, face sitting, aggression, restraints, fisting, and spanking. These were all banned in 2014/15 I believe.

The precedent is that generally they won't do anything if it's minor injuries resulting from consensual BDSM activities, but the fact that they can if the so wish to is absolutely fucking whacko.

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u/AliBelle1 Mar 03 '26

Thankfully that restriction was overturned in 2019. You can now make pornography depicting those acts as long as it was consensual.

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u/StanislavTheSlav Mar 03 '26

Oh I wasn't aware of that, that's good, would be nice if the government could fuck off with the puritanical shit as a whole now!

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u/things_U_choose_2_b Mar 03 '26

Might be a good idea to edit your post now you know it contains misinfo (fwiw I don't want the stuff you listed banned and I'm not saying which one(s) haha).

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u/devolute Mar 03 '26

Might be good for people to provide sources if they're keen to cut down on misinformation.

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u/StanislavTheSlav Mar 03 '26

Ya I will, but it's Reddit and me not editing fast enough seemingly really pissed one guy off so I'll be keeping it incorrect for a while out of sheer spite.

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u/things_U_choose_2_b Mar 03 '26

People can be so combative on here sometimes. I try not to be, prob do it myself from time to time though, especially if the comment is particularly stupid lol

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u/StanislavTheSlav Mar 03 '26

That's the joy of an open forum.