British Board of Film Classification Archives - Mike South The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Sun, 09 Jul 2023 11:18:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/mikesouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 British Board of Film Classification Archives - Mike South 32 32 1788040 UK ‘Porn Block’ Mandatory Age Verification Scheme is as Dead as The Papal Penis https://mikesouth.com/industry/uk-porn-block-mandatory-age-verification-scheme-is-as-dead-as-the-papal-penis-51897/ https://mikesouth.com/industry/uk-porn-block-mandatory-age-verification-scheme-is-as-dead-as-the-papal-penis-51897/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:55:55 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=51897 The United Kingdom's controversial -- and unworkable -- plans for mandatory age verification controls for adult websites have been scrapped, UK culture secretary Nicky Morgan announced Wednesday.

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/industry/uk-porn-block-mandatory-age-verification-scheme-is-as-dead-as-the-papal-penis-51897/feed/ 0 51897 Porn age verification could cost £10M in legal battles against UK government https://mikesouth.com/politics/porn-age-verification-could-cost-10-in-legal-battles-against-uk-government-29393/ https://mikesouth.com/politics/porn-age-verification-could-cost-10-in-legal-battles-against-uk-government-29393/#respond Fri, 12 Oct 2018 19:53:23 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=29393 The money has been earmarked by the Treasury to pay for challenges to the already delayed ‘age verification’ policy when it finally goes into effect   Tory ministers have quietly admitted their porn crackdown could cost £10M in legal battles – in the first year alone. Under the ‘age verification‘ scheme – which has already […]

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