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MEPs are being urged to back a non-binding resolution that calls on the European Parliament to, in effect, ban pornography from the internet. A group of Euro politicos hope the web filth block will bring about a "genuine culture of equality" online.
A motion was tabled this week by the EU's committee on women’s rights and gender equality. A report titled Eliminating Gender Stereotypes in the EU urged all members of the European Parliament to support the draft resolution.
The panel stated that a policy to put an end to stereotypes portrayed in the media would "of necessity involve action in the digital field". The committee added that the EU would be required to coordinate action to develop a "genuine culture of equality on the internet".
It said:
[The committee] calls on the commission to draw up in partnership with the parties concerned a charter to which all internet operators will be invited to adhere.
This means that the 18 MEPs on the committee who backed the motion want to see the likes of Google and Facebook as well as ISPs censor the interwebs and effectively decide what should and shouldn't be classified as porn online.
It's highly unlikely, however, that the draft resolution will be adopted by the European Parliament given its flagrant disregard for human rights. MEPs get to vote on the motion on 12 March.
Campaign group European Digital Rights flagged up the report and was quick to dismiss it as barmy.
It is... extremely badly drafted and almost certainly too absurd to be taken seriously. However, it is still important for the European Parliament not to undermine its own credibility with such proposals. It is also important not to give any support to privatisation of the regulation of our freedom of speech.
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What about gay porn? Women aren't being used there.. What about..
Amateur porn, where people are making some money or just enjoying showing off. No exploitation there.
Infact, all this is total garbage. It's just people do honest work for pay, like any other job. Arousal has nothing to do with it.
Re: What about gay porn? Women aren't being used there.. What about..
It's based on the idea that all pornography is male abuse of women, all participants in porn need to be rescued, and all watchers of porn are evil, degenerate males just waiting to abuse more women. And children. Don't forget to think of the children, only not too much. Oh and anyone that watches porn is gearing up to rape someone.
Never mind that a lot of women like porn, never mind that a lot of porn is amateur, gay, whatever, produced by women etc etc, that never enters into the heads of the folks that want to ban it outright. Never mind that availability of porn has always negatively correlated with rape statistics. No, it's all male violence. And what's more it might give them ideas!
There was a similar initiative to crack down on prostitution a while back, lead by some or other womens rights group. Radio 4 had a 'sex worker' on who said 'please don't presume to speak for me', perhaps the same should apply here?
Re: What about gay porn? Women aren't being used there.. What about..
I have to say that when I saw this idiocy elsewhere, that sprang to mind.
Obviously whoever's behind this is a sexist bigot.
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