Law 3101A/B Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Internet Watch Foundation, Zoophilia, Moral Panic
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What is obscene material: what actually constitutes "obscene" material, child pornography is obscene, including "pseudo photographic" material. "pseudo photographic" material includes cartoons, computer generated images and drawings: text is rarely considered to be obscene, but images, films and videos often are. In recent times the very liberal bar for obscenity has moved, with extreme pornography now being considered as obscene: other less extreme acts are also now being slowly included in obscenity laws. In 2013 uk parliament begin considering further steps to deal with pornography and obscenity on the internet. Problems with uk internet filter: range of content blocked by default is broad, pornography and nudity, dating, social networking and web forums, gambling, Implemented by isps not centrally by the government. Terrorism, the internet and uk legislation: terrorism act (2000), determined that any commutations with "threatening" content, even in the absence of any act of violence, are criminal, one of the many definitions of terrorism under the act include:
