Report urges changes in the law to make it easier to take down content and prosecute its makers
As much as 90% of pornographic content online features verbal, physical and sexual violence towards women, and a significant amount of violence shown is punishable under existing laws in France,France’s high council for equality between women and men on Wednesday handed the government a damning report on illegal porn-industry practices, urging changes to the law to prosecute makers of pornography and to take down content in order to protect those who have been filmed.
The report said: “The women are real, the sexual acts and the violence is real, the suffering is often perfectly visible and at the same time eroticised.” A significant amount of content amounted to torture. The report warned that any kind of so-called contract was void in legal terms, because a person could not consent to torture and sexual exploitation and trafficking. The report said that filmed acts of violence were illegal and should be punished.The report condemned “inaction” by the French state and authorities in the face of decades of lobbying by the pornography industry which argued for freedom of expression.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Australia’s wealthiest 20% worth 90 times the country’s poorest, new report revealsSuperannuation and property investment fuels growing inequality, with the richest fifth worth an average of $3.2m
Read more »
David McCallum, star of hit TV series 'NCIS', dies at 90McCallum said he thought Ducky, who sported glasses and a bow tie and had an eye for pretty women, “looked a little silly, but it was great fun to do".
Read more »
David McCallum of The Man from UNCLE and NCIS fame dies aged 90The Scottish-born actor was most famous for his stint in the 60s spy TV series, and most recently for his work on NCIS
Read more »
State funeral of former Italian president Giorgio Napolitano takes place in RomeAmong dignitaries paying respects were French president Emmanuel Macron and the Duchess of Edinburgh
Read more »
– beauty and colonialism in a French childhood in MadagascarThis visually exquisite, tender film about a boy growing up in a military air base on an former colony is a wonderful watch
Read more »
Adams leaves training early amid bid to return for grand finalAll eyes were on the vice-captain at the Magpies’ open training attended by about 3000 fans on Tuesday morning, but he completed only about 20 minutes of a 90-minute session.
Read more »