cross-posted from: https://feddit.online/c/uk@feddit.online/p/2035976/uk-to-ban-3-types-of-extreme-pornography-from-next-month-choking-incest-and-pretending

The government recognises the harm that some forms of pornography can have in shaping real-world behaviour, including by normalising harmful or illegal sexual behaviour. That is why it has criminalised the possession and publication of particularly harmful forms of pornography, including material depicting strangulation or suffocation, sex between certain relatives (‘incest porn’), and adults roleplaying as children under 16. These offences tackle pornography that risks normalising conduct that is harmful or illegal in real life, such as child sexual abuse.