EU Parliament to vote to start process to ban all published porn next Tuesday

mike65

Its a ludicrous proposal and it will almost certainly not end with a ban (it might even fall at the first hurdle) but nonetheless you might just want to top up your hard drives!

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57572947-93/eu-to-vote-on-porn-ban-calls-for-internet-enforcement/

Dutch MEP for the Socialist Party, Kartika Tamara Liotard, tabled the report in the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) late last year.

In one section of the new report, Liotard calls on the European Union to enforce a blanket ban on pornography in the media of the 27 member states, which could also include online pornography.

The report says:

17. Calls on the EU and its Member States to take concrete action on its resolution of 16 September 1997 on discrimination against women in advertising, which called for a ban on all forms of pornography in the media and on the advertising of sex tourism.

14. Points out that a policy to eliminate stereotypes in the media will of necessity involve action in the digital field; considers that this requires the launching of initiatives coordinated at EU level with a view to developing a genuine culture of equality on the internet; 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 initiative report, which will be voted on, is not a draft legislative measure, though it is a report to suggest that legislation should be in the future drafted and voted on.

While at this stage it is merely an opinion formed by a vote in the parliament, this is one of the first ways in which a new draft law could serve as a basis for the European Commission to propose such laws. The European Parliament would then bring it to a vote that could then see the draft ratified into law.

Invited eh?

WinnyThePoo

NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

vicwatson

Might as well just get at it now I suppose :P

Amirani

What an idiot.

Dravokivich

So... Naturism eh?

donvito99

Can't wait to see 50,000 blokes on Kildare St.

vicwatson

Is their name Leotard? kinky eh !

Anyone

Back to H&E it is then!

ejmaztec

donvito99 wrote: »

Can't wait to see 50,000 blokes on Kildare St.

The noise of all those dirty old macs flapping in the breeze will be deafening.

My name is URL

The head on her

Zillah

Because when I don't like what you're saying I can use the law to force you to shut up.

nucker

Better delete all your collection if they do make porn illegal :pac:

GarIT

Seems like governments are having a weird attack on the internet day today. Some mad FG senator wants to make "Raping through Facebook (Fraping)" a criminal offence.

She also wants to "backtrack the IP addresses" of everyone that uses the internet. And she wants a Social Media Ombudsman to police every single post made by any person in Ireland on every single site.

GarIT

My name is URL wrote: »

The head on her

She's clearly just jealous after she couldn't make it in the business.

nucker

GarIT wrote: »

Seems like governments are having a weird attack on the internet day today. Some mad FG senator wants to make "Raping through Facebook (Fraping)" a criminal offence.

She also wants to "backtrack the IP addresses" of everyone that uses the internet. And she wants a Social Media Ombudsman to police every single post made by any person in Ireland on every single site.

That is going to cost a lot of money to police

TeddyTedson

I dare them

GarIT

nucker wrote: »

That is going to cost a lot of money to police

No its not, she says it will only take one person to do. She basically thinks boards times 1000 can be run by one mod.

Reamer Fanny

In before Fidelma Healy-Eames

the_syco

So, all female models will instantly become unemployed, and any pornos become banned?

I see this as a possible win-win? Models then go into illegal unregulated anything-goes porn business?

GarIT

justryan wrote: »

In before Fidelma Healy-Eames

Too late :P

krudler

can someone get Anonymous onto Fidelma Doubley-Barrelly? be hilarious

GarIT

krudler wrote: »

can someone get Anonymous onto Fidelma Doubley-Barrelly? be hilarious

We can do anything on her, she will backtrack us.

TeddyTedson

Am I the only one who'd love to see this happen... Just out of curiosity. I mean I love porn just as much as the next woman.

Edit: lol wrote port instead of porn.

Gummy Panda

TeddyTedson wrote: »

Am I the only one who'd love to see this happen... Just out of curiosity. I mean I love porn just as much as the next woman.

Edit: lol wrote port instead of porn.

You're a strange man teddy.

Is it porn or advertising that sexualises (i might have made that word up) women to sell the product?

If its porn, does she not know that women are growing users of porn and some companies only focus on that new market.

ejmaztec

Will subscribers to Donkey Shaggers Weekly get a refund if things go tits up in the porn mag industry?

What a stupid idea

KyussBishop

So, removing a womans right to create porn and to sell that, helps advance womens rights?

hatrickpatrick

F*ck the EU. Anything remotely related to censorship should be a sovereign decision by the people of each nation.

GarIT

KyussBishop wrote: »

So, removing a womans right to create porn and to sell that, helps advance womens rights?

It's been made clear to me that women don't want rights. They want no rights so that they can moan about not having rights.

GarIT

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

F*ck the EU. Anything remotely related to censorship should be a sovereign decision by the people of each nation.

No censorship (not including restricting things to certain hours or age ranges) of anything should be illegal in all member states.

mikom

So when does the book burning begin.
It worked so well the last time.........

Robbo

I take it people have read the article and have enough grasp of Junior Cert CSPE to realise that there's **** all chance this will become legislation? There is no way it'll survive the European legislative process.

On the other hand; carry on as you were, **** Brussels, their straight bananas and banning of Christmas.

gallag

Extreme blood and gore violence = good
Sex = bad

shanered

Vaseline and tissue sales plummet, hundreds more on dole queues, police force stretched even more.
Men even more sexually fustrated which women across the continent reporting being nagged more more sex.
Thousands of men/women convicted of illegal porn watching/downloading and left very red-faced at their convictions.
I can see this resulting well.
Porn Austerity is all this is, and we all know austerity doesn't work.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Mike, not like you to go scarmongering! Sher's not trying to get porn banned full stop, just in advertising.

the resolution wrote:

17. Calls on the EU and its Member States to take concrete action on its resolution of 16 September 1997 on discrimination against women in advertising, which called for a ban on all forms of pornography in the media and on the advertising of sex tourism.

Certainly, she'd need to clear up what medium (or media) she proposes the ban in.

14. Points out that a policy to eliminate stereotypes in the media will of necessity involve action in the digital field; considers that this requires the launching of initiatives coordinated at EU level with a view to developing a genuine culture of equality on the internet; 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;

There are men and women in most porn. Equality is proven. unless it's gay or lesbo porn, but I think there are certain practical exceptions to equality. EG - you're allowed to specifically hire a woman if advertising women's langerie.

ScumLord

The Germans will never stand for this. We don't want to go upsetting the Germans again, I think their close to cracking.

FamousSeamus

Crazy idea but I often hear it from feminists about how porn should be banned. They forget that most people are willing to enter it for the money (and kinda fame) and I think what they over look is personal responsibility. Too often you hear how kids get the wrong impression from porn (what the plumbers job isn't to have sex with customers?!?!) and that's why it should be banned but if they maybe stopped young kids looking up porn on the internet or even explaining it to them if they know they are watching it could solve it. The problem is no-one wants to have that awkward conversation about "hey son, you see when he banged her before letting all his friends join in, you see etc etc"