Possession of Violent Pornography Outlawed in UK

An anonymous reader writes "The BBC is reporting that possession of violent pornography is now punishable by three years in prison. This decision was handed down in response to a campaign waged by a grieving mother who lost her daughter to someone obsessed with violent pornography." From the article: "Shaun Gabb, director of the anti-censorship organization the Libertarian Alliance, said: 'If you are criminalizing possession then you are giving police inquisitorial powers to come into your house and see what you've got, now we didn't have this in the past.'"

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Re:Too broad?

[A beautiful mind]

I know, they say there's an exception to "mainstream" media working within current obscenity laws, but how to you quantify something to see if it's "mainstream"?

Exactly my line of thinking. I don't believe they have a working solution for that. They can't just say "what we think violates the law violates the law" or "what comes out of hollywood is ok" after all...