Peers vote to ban pornography depicting sex acts between stepfamily members
4 hours ago
- #UK Government Policy
- #Online Safety
- #Pornography Regulation
- UK government bans production of pornography depicting stepfamily sex acts after House of Lords vote.
- Amendment to include step-incest in harmful content ban supported by Conservative peer Gabby Bertin.
- Ban aims to combat normalization of child sexual abuse and abusive family relationships in online content.
- Possession or publication of incest or step-incest porn, including depictions of under-18 impersonation, becomes criminal.
- Penalties include up to 2–5 years' imprisonment for publication, depending on severity.
- Government also proposes holding tech executives personally accountable for non-consensual intimate images ('revenge porn').
- Tech leaders could face fines, imprisonment, or both for failing to remove such content without good cause.
- Reforms part of broader effort to tackle violence against women and girls online and ensure platform responsibility.