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Primed For Profit: The BBFC’s Double Standards
The British censors allow wealthy streaming giants to self-certify at a reduced cost, while still bleeding physical media distributors dry.
What, Exactly, Is ‘Legal But Harmful’ And Who Gets To Draw The Line?
Giving the government and lickspittle quangos powers to prevent legal discourse under a vague definition of ‘harm’ is something that we should all object to.
Ofcom’s Commercial Failures
Britain’s TV regulator thinks that more of this sort of thing will encourage people to watch traditional TV channels again. They are mistaken.
Talking Pictures TV Encore: At Last, A Catch-Up Service
Britain’s only worthwhile TV station finally launches an on-demand service.
OFCOM’s Online Nation: Reinventing Harm
The latest OFCOM report attempts to hype the dangers of unfettered thought online, but can’t hide the fact that viewing porn is now increasingly the norm.
The Strange And Elusive Pleasures Of HVC
Looking back at Britain’s most outrageous and chaotically inept television channel, the home of sex and violence, banned movies and disrupted broadcasts.
The Silencing Of Dangerous Ideas: Britain’s Shameful Free Speech History Is Not About To Change
The UK government’s sudden and selective embrace of free speech is a little hard to swallow.
Infantilising Britain: A Lesson From History
Looking back at the hysterical, evidence-free report on ‘sexualisation’ by Reg Bailey, the man the BBFC want to oversee their appeals committee.
A Melting Pot Of Offence
How the shifting tides of acceptable language have transformed a plea for racial harmony into a racist tract.
Scared Of The Real World – The British Fear Of Kinky Sex
Thirty years after Operation Spanner, the case of John O’Neill shows that BDSM is the consensual adult sexuality that it is still okay to demonise.