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European Parliament Decides Not To Ban Internet Porn

Posted by Soulskill on from the decides-not-to-be-overthrown dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The European Parliament passed a proposal Tuesday which included a blanket ban on pornography, including Internet porn, in European Union member states. However, Members of European Parliament (MEPs) removed explanatory wording from the porn ban section, essentially limiting the ban to advertising and print media. The proposal, titled 'Eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU,' was put to a vote in Strasbourg. MEPs passed it 368-159."

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  1. Re:thought police by fche · · Score: 5, Informative

    "They are concerned about the uneven usage of sexuality to sell products, and the message that sends."

    They do much more than that.

    "... In order to tackle the problem of the lack of women at the higher levels of economic and political decision-making, the persistence of gender stereotypes in all levels of society need to be addressed. ..."

    IOW, affirmative action at the "decision-making" level, accomplished by thorough social engineering, by e.g. deliberate suppression of traditional ideas. That's pretty drastic stuff, not just about commercial speech - i.e., advertising with attractive models.

  2. Re:thought police by ohnocitizen · · Score: 4, Informative

    Apparently we are all incorrect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orwellian. Yay.

    Looking at the actual law, can you point out how they are regulating thoughts? K, thanks. Because it looks like they are regulating advertising.