Member

Barnardo’s—I declare an interest as vice-president—and CEASE have long called for online pornography to be regulated to the same standard as it is offline. Content involving strangulation, incest and adults dressed as children, as well as that involving trafficking and torture, is rightly illegal offline, yet these images and videos remain widely accessible online. This inconsistency is indefensible; it is a stain on our society. Amendment 314 would make it a criminal offence to publish, or to facilitate the publishing of, prohibited pornographic material online, bringing digital distribution in line with the strict safeguards we already apply offline. This is common sense and should be accepted by the Government.