“Harmful” online pornography is to be made illegal, bringing its regulation into line with offline harmful pornography, according to The Times.
Offline pornography depicting illegal acts and content that humiliate and exploit women is already prohibited, but there are no such safeguards for the online equivalent. The Government has reportedly said it will bring forward proposals to bring consistency across offline and online pornography.
CARE welcomed the developments, saying it “will ensure that some of the worst pornographic content, freely available online, will be banned”.
CARE’s director of advocacy and policy Caroline Ansell said it “marks an important moment in the fight to bring basic standards, safeguards and accountability to an online porn industry that has operated in the shadows for too long”.
