UK stepporn ban

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/apr/10/porngraphy-depicting-sex-acts-between-stepfamily-members-banned-in-uk

UK government making it illegal to possess porn depicting pretend step-incest. With actual jail time possible. Potential 2 years in prison. Gotta save the kids I guess.

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Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 12 pts · 148d

Good thing I only stream it rather than possess it then

ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 148d (3 replies)

… where someone is pretending to be under-18. You left the important part out.

yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 147d

Cool that actually makes it a whole lot better.

HubertManne@piefed.social · 0 pts · 148d (1 reply)

ok so this is specifically if the plot pretends at least one of the actors is under 18? Why step in particular though. Shouldn't they just blanket ban any plot where one of the participants are under 18 in both porn and regular movies and such. like romeo and juliet and such.

ghen@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 147d

It allows then to equate the two keywords for further legislation next year once the goalposts have moved

ZERONOVABLOSSOM@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 148d (2 replies)

Genuinely, why is this bad?

yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 147d

As a concept its not, but its so prevalent that you could easily end up with a captioned thumbnail cached on your computer somewhere without even realising it.

FelixCress@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 147d

Since when is the censorship good?

thesohoriots@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 148d

“What are you doing, step-cellmate”

HubertManne@piefed.social · 1 pts · 148d

Does it even need to be pretend??? If two step siblings as adults went into porn and preformed together is that somehow more illegal than any two non blood relatives engaing in porn? Its not really infuriating to me because im not effected but its the kinda stupid overreach that worries me about it becoming a popular censor thing.