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UK Plans To Censor Online Videos Of 'Non-Conventional' Sex Acts (betanews.com)

Posted by msmash on from the crack-down dept.

Mark Wilson, writing for BetaNews: The UK government's relationship with the web is something of a checkered one. Keen to pander to the fear of concerned hand-wringers, we've seen torrent sites blocked and there are plans afoot to censor porn sites that do not implement 'effective' age checks. Now there is a chance that UK web users will be denied access to websites that portray "non-conventional sexual acts" in the latest act of censorship by the government. A bill currently being considered would apply the same restrictions to online pornography that currently apply offline. In what appears to be yet another example of the government failing to understand quite how the internet works -- and trying to bend offline laws to apply to online situations -- the plan is to block websites that display content that would not normally receive a classification if released on DVD.

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  1. Fist post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fist post

  2. Define "non-conventional" by NoNonAlphaCharsHere · · Score: 5, Funny

    A young girl marries an older Greek sailor. On her wedding day, her mother warns her, "These Greek sailors can be pretty strange, if he suggests anything out-of-the-ordinary in the bedroom, you tell him No Way!". Sure enough, after about a month of marriage, one night, he suggests something different, and like a good girl, she shuts him down. He says "But darling, don't you want to have children?".

    1. Re: Define "non-conventional" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      After announcing he was getting married, a boy tells his pal he will be wearing the kilt.

      "And what's the tartan?" asks his mate.

      "Oh, she'll be wearing a white dress," he replies

    2. Re:Define "non-conventional" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      An Englishman, Irishman, and Scotsman are sitting next to each other at a bar. Then, by an amazing coincidence, three flies land in their drinks, one each.

      The Englishman discretely spoons the fly out of his drink.
      The Irishman flicks the fly from his drink directly at the Englishman.
      The Scotsman grabs the fly from his drink and says "all right you wee bastard, spit it out! Now!"

  3. Would that include the "David Cameron?" by MAXOMENOS · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That is to say, would "non-conventional sex acts" include intercourse with a pig, as allegedly committed by the former and disgraced Prime Minister?

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    Finding God in a Dog
  4. Re:You know, just saying they can't bend the inter by 110010001000 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Really? Try accessing the Internet in China you dumb fuck. You don't even know what real censorship is.

  5. Re:fucking prudes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Also if you voted brexit, you gave these clowns a ton more power. Way to go.

    Surely 'hard brexit' will be classified as a 'Non-Conventional' sex act due to the number of us getting screwed a the same time.