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https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/23/censor-non-conventional-sex-acts-online-internet-pornography

UK to censor online videos of 'non-conventional' sex acts
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The censorship regime has led to bizarre understandings between the producers and regulators, Barnett said. One is the “four-finger rule”, which limits the number of digits that can be inserted into an orifice for sexual stimulation.

lol
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Libertarians always act shocked that it's difficult to determine limit cases, generally because they haven't read Derrida and when asked about postmodernism they try to fake their way through a half-remembered anecdote about the Sokal hoax. The vast majority of the material this would ban would be like a guy punching a naked crying woman but libertarian perverts need to debate the quantity of piss allowed.
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i've never seen a porno with a guy punching a naked crying woman what kind of freak shit are you into getfiscal
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I've seen some pretty good pornos in my day but... *shaking head*
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under a planned economy will we not have to debate how much piss is produced for pornographic purposes? i claim that, indeed, we will.
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pornography is fucked up shit that demonstrates the sadistic nature of our capitalist society, peace out
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tears posted:

pornography is fucked up shit that demonstrates the sadistic nature of our capitalist society, peace out



tell us more about your pray away the gay campaign, Senator

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tpaine posted:

hehe goat there's a lil smudge on my monitor and it lined up right over hillary's mouth and she had a hitler stache before i scrolled. well, see ya.



Deeply problematic.

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tpaine posted:

hehe goat there's a lil smudge on my monitor and it lined up right over hillary's mouth and she had a hitler stache before i scrolled. well, see ya.


how often do you smear chocolate on your screen and just leave it up there. do you chisel it off once you accumulate enough like some kind of sadbrains version of chocolate drizzled on a cold plate

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tpaine posted:

i'm just going to unplug this computer and throw it right out the window.


no don't, a stray dog could lick up all that chocolate and get sick

i've booked a plane ticket to come down to florida and immerse your monitor in windex for you. if i get stood up i will be SO MAD

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oh now THAT just tears it, if you need me i'll be in DYTD *slam*
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Hey all, Keven Sexman here. Let's talk about pornos.
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Keven posted:

Hey all, Keven Sexman here. Let's talk about pornos.



As a 30 year old incel, I denounce pornography and definitely do not use it

#20
As a *coughing* year old volcel, I feel that pornos are a waste of time and vital male energy.
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i liked the sokal book when i first read it and i was writing on badiou for conferences. i went back and read it again recently and now it mostly just seems like 1) take metaphors literally 2) attack people based on that interpretation 3) repeat.
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le_nelson_mandela_face posted:

i've never seen a porno with a guy punching a naked crying woman what kind of freak shit are you into getfiscal

Glad you asked - I'm exclusively into flying to London to watch videos of naked crying women getting punched and I don't have to hide this anymore now that Trump is president.

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Hentai is the only ethical pornography.
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This is going to be a terrible thread.
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le_nelson_mandela_face posted:

UK to censor online videos of 'non-conventional' sex acts


forgot to make joke about whether they have a specific provision against fucking a dead pig. close thread

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close thread ban op
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quick reminder that it's better to gouge your eye out than keep both your eyes in hell and have to look at the clintons naked with full depth perception
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So many problematic articles to choose from on The Guardian and yet you chose this one. Goatman, do you care to explain yourself to the Central Porn Committee (СПК) why you should be allowed the leisure to study such subjects without reproach?
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♪ i don't hear gouging ♫
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Jools.....
#32
once again suppressing porno is the excuse to squash freedom

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/technology/your-entire-internet-history-to-be-viewable-by-psni-taxman-dwp-and-food-standards-agency-and-other-government-bodies-within-weeks-35242522.html

Your entire internet history to be viewable by PSNI, taxman, DWP and Food Standards Agency and other government bodies within weeks
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actually its about ethics in games journalism
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le_nelson_mandela_face posted:

once again suppressing porno is the excuse to squash freedom



Conversely do you have to defend pornography to defend internet freedom?

Answer: No.

If you want to read the bill it's here --> Digital Economy Bill 2016-2017

If you read the bill the pornography section is concerned with validation of the age of the person accessing the content. It does not specify any of the prohibitions regarding the content; rather it specifies that the British Board of Film Classification will be responsible for the implementation of the age verification system. The hypothesis is that the BBFC will apply the laws that already exist in the UK to restrict access to content on the internet. The fact is that ISPs have already been required to block lots of content since 2013/2014, some of which users could "opt-out" from. This section in question is concerned only with Age Verification of the customer.

Additional sections are concerned with other matters... such as establishing legal right to minimum download speed, penalise ISP's that do not comply with regulations and oblige them to pay compensation to customers, copyright infringement, penalties for telemarketing/etc, giving Ofcom oversight of the BBC and simplifying regulation regarding mobile masts.

The main concern for citizens, as you point out, is the information sharing that is enshrined within the bill. This is problematic, but let's not fall into the trap of acting as if defending pornography is the frontline of the battle, or that it is conservative anti-porn politicians that are pushing this through. The reality is a lot more mundane than this, but the press (especially the British press) loves to talk about sex.

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Just to clarify; the second article refers to a completely different piece of legislation.. (with no mention of pornography) the"Investigatory Powers Act 2016".

This has been in the works for a while as the previous legislation "Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014" (DRIPA) expires at the end of this year. Which was itself meant to replace the IPA of 2000 (which the ECHR had declared unlawful).

So it's not exactly new; the point is to enable lower government bodies to access this information in a way that it can be used to prosecute people and also offload some of the work by requiring the ISPs and even extraterritorial and cloudbased services be responsible for the data retention and database querying. The bill even expands to cover private networks, not just public telecoms; though I'm not sure how that will work in practice.

Anyway... if you live in the UK good luck; you can probably expect to see clever algorithms being used to manage benefit / tax fraud within the next year, and much crazier stuff soon after. This isn't new of course, the internet is a big spy machine. The point is making that data valid within the broader state legal apparatus.

Just to restate; the fact that the new IPA is about to pass and most media is running stories about a *different piece of legislation to do with porn* should ring alarm bells. Either because of the legal and technical illiteracy of the media or because of deliberate diversion. Maybe they are unconcerned because there is "journalism exemption" within the IPA?
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*edit* clicked submit by mistake

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My veiny temples bulge watching this bullshit slowly play out.

Snowden et al has, knowingly or not, acted as a limited hangout which has given ample time for governments to get their shit together on all legal fronts while bringing the state surveillance apparatus into the public realm where it can now more easily bridge the corporate technosphere. All the while media has massaged and managed dissent ever deeper into apathy, illiteracy and misdirection.

I'm glad I gave up my beliefs in the unavoidable nature of the singularity/technofuture before I saw this shit happening or I would have shot myself in the head by now.
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tpaine posted:

no idea what you're talking about dude



lol, not porn.

I tried to derail the thread toward what the porn topic is actually intended to derail.