‘Minorities are at risk from new porn law’

The government’s proposed law on ‘extreme pornography’ risks criminalising sexual minorities and make it illegal for adults to watch depictions of legal sex acts, activists have warned. “We know of people being convicted for material related to BDSM [bondage, dominance, sadism and masochism], especially sado-masochism,” said Nick Cowen, a policy researcher at British pressure group Backlash. “Bondage on its own does not seem to be commonly prosecuted. Given the popularity of Fifty Shades of Gray, that would imply there were hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of offenders.” Backlash was... This article is part of our premium content. Full story is available on Times of Malta Premium.