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Doing the stats on unpopular law

By adrian | Published: June 13, 2010
The previous Government no doubt tabled the extreme pornography measures expecting wide popular approval. There was a recent court case that seemed to demonstrate its risks, and a fifty-thousand vote petition condemning violence against women and the pornography which ‘promoted’ it. A clear vote-winner, surely. But from the outset, the online community didn’t agree. [...]
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Appearances and statements

By adrian | Published: January 24, 2010
Discourses of Censorship On 9 April 2008 London South Bank University hosted a seminar on “Extreme” Pornography and Discourses of Censorship whose speakers included Professor Julian Petley (Brunel), Clarissa Smith (Sunderland), Alexandra Dymock (speaking for backlash) and Consultant Psychiatrist Martin Baggaley, the latter speaking on “Links between extreme pornography and psychiatric disorder – much conjecture but [...]
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In the press

By adrian | Published: January 24, 2010
Media coverage One of the most consistently authoritative, questioning and witty voices in the media has been John Ozimek writing in The Register, and his Survival Guide on 24 January 2009 is is well worth reading, and he also covers an alleged vigilante operation. The January 2009 Modern Law Review (Volume 72, Issue 1) carried a lengthy and thorough analysis of [...]
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