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Ban pornography that glorifies or includes rape, incest and paedophilia

Submitted on Monday 22nd February 2021

Rejected on Thursday 1st April 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

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Ban pornography that glorifies or includes rape, incest and paedophilia

Petition Details

Mainstream porn sites in the UK host millions of videos that glorify or include rape, incest and paedophilia. We want the government to regulate the porn industry so that mainstream porn sites in the UK are forced to implement a process by which these damaging videos can be flagged up and removed.

Additional Information

The glorification and presence of rape, incest and paedophilia on mainstream porn sites in the UK has resulted in sexual crimes becoming normalised and more prevalent in society. This is putting vulnerable people in danger, especially children, and is influencing the kind of sexual relationships young people think are acceptable. People shouldn't and can't be stopped from watching porn, but the porn that can be accessed by anyone, including children, on mainstream porn sites should be regulated.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Pornography which includes or depicts rape or sexual abuse of a child are already illegal in the UK.

Pornography depicting non-consensual sex was outlawed by the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015. You can find out more about this here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05078/

The law banning pornography depicting real or fictionalised sexual activity involving children was most recently updated via changes to The Coroners and Justice Act 2009. You can read this legislation here:
www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/816/contents/made

It is therefore not clear what more you would like the Government to do.

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