Censorship law

From 26th January 2009 it has been illegal for anyone in England and Wales to possess an “extreme” image, even if the activity itself is legal.

This site monitors implementation of the law, provides sources of advice for many otherwise law abiding citizens inadvertently caught up in this, and explains how the law came about.

The full text of the relevant part of the Act is available here,
government advice here and Backlash’s legal section starts here.

Dangerous Cartoons Act

From April 6th 2010 it has been illegal to possess “non-photographic visual depictions of child sexual abuse”.

While Backlash are firmly opposed to the production and possession of photographic child pornography, the addition of cartoons to the remit of illegal child pornography in Chapter 2, Coroners and Justice Act 2009 once again promotes the proliferation of victimless thought crime.

We have more details here.

Freedom Bill

Backlash supports the right to consensual adult human pornography; but
does not condone all the forms or means of production of pornography.

Backlash encourages a broader debate on the nature and role of
pornography.

Specific arguments for the repeal of Section 63 of the Criminal justice
and Immigration Act 2008

1. Right to privacy.
2. Right to freedom of expression.
3. Right to fantasy.
4. No defence of consent in the legislation.
5. Current legislation is not harm-based.
6. Current legislation is not evidence-based.
7. Current legislation criminalises the consumer not the manufacturer.
8. Current legislation criminalises the representation of acts which are
   legal in themselves.

9. Current legislation is uncertain and consumers cannot know what
   activities may be deemed extreme.

10. Current legislation puts consensual adult sexual acts on the same par as bestiality and necrophilia.
11. Current legislation dilutes the effectiveness of the sex offenders’
    register by placing the viewer of consenting adult sexual activities
    next to child sex offenders.