Much was made of the Online Safety Act last year, which covered self-harm and suicide materials, misinformation and disinformation, and social media algorithms. Perhaps the most hotly discussed point was the requirement for porn site users to verify their identities, the major reason being to prevent children from accessing harmful material and improving their internet safety. The influence, in particular, of misogynistic or extreme acts found in some porn films nowadays, ha

Following in the footsteps of the Australian government, the UK government recently released its research briefing proposing a ban on social media for children. The report identifies the rationale behind such a ban, citing obvious harms such as exposure to child sexual abuse images, pornography, sexual content, cyberbullying, self-harm, and violent material. It is perhaps surprising that it is only in 2025 that we are beginning to see meaningful legislation that actually reg

Recently the government has announced they plan to ban strangulation in pornography. This is an unwarranted attack on freedom of...