Member

Amendment 291 would extend the definition of extreme illegal pornographic images to include depictions of incest, as proscribed by the Sexual Offences Act 2003. Incest pornography is now particularly prevalent online, often stylised as violent scenes between father and daughter. That would be refused classification offline. We have a clear precedent for this. The Government have already acted to capture depictions of strangulation in pornography, which I am delighted about and which we will come to shortly, recognising that the original drafting allowed this material to proliferate unchecked. This logic applies here. Research shows that incest-themed content is among the most recommended to new users on popular platforms—another stark example of an algorithm encouraging harmful content.