The UK government announces that pornography showing strangulation and incestuous relationships will be banned from 6 November. The move follows cross-party pressure and is implemented through new legislation that is set to take effect next month.
Outlets report that the ban is part of wider regulatory changes prompted by recommendations from a review of pornography regulation due to be completed by 2025. Campaigners and supporters of stronger protections welcome the legislation, describing it as a response to harmful content.
Sky News also reports that the reforms include a prohibition on pornography in which someone pretends to be a child under 16. Other outlets focus more specifically on strangulation and incest. The announcements set out that depictions of these acts will become illegal when the new rules come into force in November.
