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These prohibitions reflect the long-standing principles of harm reduction and public protection. They were strengthened and upgraded following the horrific murder of Jamie Bulger, yet these safeguards apply only to physical media. Online platforms, which now dominate the pornography market, operate outside this framework. As a result, content that would be refused classification online—depictions of torture, incest pornography, highly abusive misogynistic content, and material sexualising children, as previously described—is freely available online. This disparity is indefensible. Amendment 314 would therefore do four things: import the BBFC’s prohibited content standards into online law; create a criminal offence for publishing such material online; empower enforcement through fines of up to £18 million, or 10% of global revenue, ensuring compliance even without prosecution; and mandate regulatory oversight, requiring the Secretary of State to appoint enforcement bodies within six months with powers to impose service and access restriction orders.