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News Tuesday 19th September...

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: Pigs
1972 USA horror by Marc Lawrence set for UK Blu-ray release on 9th October 2017

Recent Releases

Weekly US DVD and Blu-ray Releases
Innocent Blood, Hana-Bi

Cuts and Bans

Shopping: The Human Centipede
3 film set by Tom Six just released on UK Steelbook Blu-ray still with BBFC cuts

Middle East

Silencing Middle Eastern news
Saudi bans Al Jazzera from appearing on Snapchat app

West Europe

Updated: Offensive to Eurocrats
EU bans greek cartoonists from exhibition celebrating 60 years of the European Union

Also in the News

16th September

An open letter to the W3C Director, CEO, team and membership re supporting DRM in HTML. From eff.org

Poundland has released a new range of sex toys for a quid. From thesun.co.uk

15th September

Re Cloudflare and Stormer: The Terrifying Power of Internet Censors. From nytimes.com

Founder of Fan-Made Subtitle Site Convicted for Copyright Infringement. From torrentfreak.com

14th September

US senator is worried about iPhone X's Face ID and asks some good questions. From mashable.com

12th September

Stephen King's It breaks highest-grossing horror record at the US box office. From theguardian.com

Rigorous evaluation is rarely good for the anti-trafficking industry. That's why so little of it exists. From opendemocracy.net

8th September

Hellraiser 30th Anniversary - In UK Cinemas Friday 13th October. From realmofhorror-blog.blogspot.com

Hustler Club Challenges NY Tax on Door Fees. Says exemption for dance performances should apply to stripping . From avn.com

7th September

The art of sexism. V&A museum exhibit will whinge at sexism in video games. From telegraph.co.uk

Mandatory Piracy Filters Could Breach Human Rights, EU Members Warn. From torrentfreak.com

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Family Guy Season 7
A commentary track was cut for strong language

LATEST
Gavin Salkeld's Cutting Edge Episode 46
Enter the Dragon
Bruce Lee vs the BBFC: Gavin Salkeld reveals the heroes and villains

UK Internet Porn Censorship
The Digital Economy Bill is passing through Parliament and will lead to the mass blocking of internet porn to all UK residents. This includes the free tube sites and is not restricted to UK based websites. The BBFC has been appointed to the new role of internet porn censor.

Update: Perhaps Netflix and Amazon will have to age verify viewers of 18 rated films
Parliamentary group considers widening the UK's internet porn censorship to other age related products sold on the internet

Update: 9 months left to download enough free porn to last a lifetime
DCMS announces that UK internet censorship of adult websites will start in April 2018

Update: Howe Censorial
Elspeth Howe initiates another censorship private members bill to amend the definition of extreme porn to criminalise anything not allowed by the BBFC

Looking forward to censoring adult websites
BBFC worryingly announces new Policy Director with a background of child protection

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: Nightmare scenario for UK adult businesses
Pandora Blake announces an end to new content on her website citing unviable age verification requirements soon to be demanded by UK law

Recent Melon Farmers News

Update: At a time when political correctness overrides truth
Is it surprising that Facebook 'fact checking' doesn't seem to convince people much as to what is fake news?

Update: Censor first, ask questions later... much later when it is all to late
YouTube censorship by demonetisation proves punishing to those unfairly censored, especially to small players

Lamb of gods
Australian lamb marketing advert offends the easily offended

Fox News censored in the UK
Presumably a victim of News International having to kowtow to the authorities to get a merger approval

Update: Heavy handed
The authorities seems to have been spooked by the Charlottesville troubles and have decided to ratchet up penalties for internet insults on social media

Recent Movie News

Shopping: Demoniac
1981 Spanish/French horror by Jess Franco, once notably banned then cut by the BBFC, now set for UK DVD release on 6th November 2017 with previous BBFC cuts waived

Shopping: Women Behind Bars
1975 French/Belgian video nasty by Jess Franco just released on UK DVD

Shopping: Suffer, Little Children
Updated: 1983 UK horror by Alan Briggs with a history of video nasty era censorship is set for UK DVD release on 30th October 2017

Shopping: Funny Man
1994 UK comedy horror by Simon Sprackling, once cut for the BB

Updated: A bloody battle with the MPAA
Blood Feast remake gets an MPAA R rating on the 4th attempt

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UK Internet Porn Censorship

For those that hold the opinion that Britain is bastion of Western liberal values...
Porn Censorship in Britain 2016: The Digital Economy Bill. By the Britisher. Via YouTube

Porn performers talk about the UK porn laws . By Pandora Blake Via YouTube
Help defeat this ill-informed censorship
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Tony Bear explains UK video censorship to Lady Bear

In December 2014 the UK introduced new regulations to censor online videos. Tony Bear explains the new rules to Lady Bear. She doesn't like it. If you don't like it either, find out more at Backlash.

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sfc.org.uk - sexual freedom

UK Internet

8th Sep

Update: Perhaps Netflix and Amazon will have to age verify viewers of 18 rated films
Parliamentary group considers widening the UK's internet porn censorship to other age restricted products sold on the internet

Cuts and Bans

19th Sep

Shopping: Pigs
1972 USA horror by Marc Lawrence set for UK Blu-ray release on 9th October 2017

Cuts and Bans

18th Sep

Shopping: Demoniac
1981 Spanish/French horror by Jess Franco, once notably banned, then cut by the BBFC, now set for UK DVD release on 6th November 2017 with previous BBFC cuts waived

Movie News

16th Sep

Obituary Harry Dean Stanton
Cult character actor and honorary melon farmer dies aged 91

Movie News

15th Sep

More IT
Film makers announcer that there will be a Director's Cut of IT to be released on home video

East Europe

14th Sep

Update: Culture of religious violence
Russian minister steps in to try and deter christians from threatening violence against cinemas showing the movie Matilda

Aussie News

13th Sep

Sydney Film Festival recommends
Playground, depicting a murder along the lines of James Bulger, and Kuso, with something to offend everyone

Asia Pacific

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: But not quite sure if anyone is listening
After 90 days in the role of Chief Censor, I have been pausing for a moment to reflect on what the role means, and where it might be headed. By David Shanks, chief censor at New Zealand's OFLC

South Asia

12th Sep

Poster American Assassin 2017 Michael Cuesta

Update: CBFC assassins
Another Hollywood film suffers cuts at the hands of the new film censor

South Asia

10th Sep

Updated: BUT...the idea proved a bit too much for Indians to bear
India's new film censor had hoped to pass IT uncut with the word 'motherfucker' being allowed for the first time

Middle East

19th Sep

Silencing Middle Eastern news
Saudi bans Al Jazzera from appearing on Snapchat app

PC News

17th Sep

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: Searching for our true selves
A study of Google searches suggests that we are not quite so politically correct on Google as we are in more public spaces

Asia Pacific

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: Ministering social development
Interview with a new chief censor: how to ban a video game in New Zealand

West Europe

16th Sep

Update: Upload blocking
EU set to release censorship demands for internet companies to proactively block uploads of copyrighted material

Ofcom Watch

15th Sep

Pleading expediency
Ofcom introduces discounted fines for censorship rule breakers who admit their guilt

US News

Stop SESTA
Another US Congress attempt to censor the internet in the name of restricting sex trafficking

Internet News

12th Sep

Update: At a time when political correctness overrides truth
Is it surprising that Facebook 'fact checking' doesn't seem to convince people much as to what is fake news?

Internet News

Update: Censor first, ask questions later... much later when it is all to late
YouTube censorship by demonetisation proves punishing to those unfairly censored, especially to small players

Games News

Updated: Holy ass kicking
Malaysian censors get offended by video game featuring fighting religious deities

West Europe

19th Sep

Updated: Offensive to Eurocrats
EU bans greek cartoonists from exhibition celebrating 60 years of the European Union

Religion

17th Sep

Catholic News Service recommends Mother!
Rated O, morally offensive

UK TV News

16th Sep

Outrageously Illiberal
Puerile whinges about Strictly Come Dancing and The Great British Bake Off

PC News

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: Easily offended hecklers are ruining comedy
Even comedians are now being shouted at for being offensive. By Andrew Doyle

Religion

15th Sep

Updated: Lamb of gods
Australian lamb marketing advert offends the easily offended

Games News

13th Sep

Destiny 2 - PlayStation 4 Standard Edition

Flagged up
Video game Destiny 2 to delete pattern resembling a far right flag

PC News

6th Sep

Transcending rage
Australian mums 'outraged' by trans children's book being sold in Australian Aldi

Sex Toys News

18th Sep

You'll go blind, and go to hell, and all that sort of stuff
What the Bible says about sex robots

UK P4P

17th Sep

Pie in the sky zone
An intriguingly named 'slavery investigator' calls for a legal prostitution zone in the West Midlands

US News

8th Sep

Risky Do It Yourself at Home Depot
An amateur porn star gets in trouble in the US for performing porn in public

Sex for Fun

5th Sep

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: The Daily Star recommends
Club Cupido Liberal swingers club in Benidorm

Diary

15th Aug

Diary: 9 premieres
September on Horror Channel

Diary

5th Aug

Diary: Mayhem Film Festival
12 - 15th October 2017 in Nottingham

Future Releases

19th Sep

Shopping: Pigs
1972 USA horror by Marc Lawrence set for UK Blu-ray release on 9th October 2017

Recent Releases

Weekly US DVD and Blu-ray Releases
Innocent Blood, Hana-Bi

Recent Releases

Shopping: The Human Centipede
3 film set by Tom Six just released on UK Steelbook Blu-ray still with BBFC cuts

Recent Releases

Shopping: The Resurrected
1991 Canada / USA horror fantasy by Dan O'Bannon just released on US Blu-ray

Future Releases

18th Sep

Shopping: Demoniac
1981 Spanish/French horror by Jess Franco, once notably banned, then cut by the BBFC, now set for UK DVD release on 6th November 2017 with previous BBFC cuts waived

Recent Releases

Shopping: Phantasm 5 Movie DVD Collection
set by Don Coscarelli just released on US DVD

Recent Releases

Weekly UK DVD and Blu-ray Releases
Visiting Hours, Deranged, Phoenix Forgotten

Recent Releases

Shopping: The Fox With A Velvet Tail
1971 Spain / Italy romance by José María Forqué just released on US Blu-ray

Recent Releases

17th Sep

Shopping: Phenomena
1985 Italy crime Sci-Fi horror by Dario Argento just released on US Blu-ray in 3 versions

New Listings

19th Sep

Shopping: Pigs
1972 USA horror by Marc Lawrence set for UK Blu-ray release on 9th October 2017

New Listings

Shopping: Spaceship Terror
2011 USA Sci-Fi horror thriller by Harry Tchinski set for US DVD and Blu-ray release on 17th October 2017

New Listings

18th Sep

Shopping: Demoniac
1981 Spanish/French horror by Jess Franco, once notably banned, then cut by the BBFC, now set for UK DVD release on 6th November 2017 with previous BBFC cuts waived

New Listings

Shopping: Demonic
2014 USA / UK horror thriller by Will Canon set for US DVD release on 10th October 2017

New Listings

Shopping: Cold Eyes of Fear
1971 Italy / Spain thriller by Enzo G Castellari set for UK Blu-ray release on 16th October 2017

New Listings

17th Sep

Shopping: Satan's Cheerleaders
1977 USA comedy horror by Greydon Clark set for US DVD and Blu-ray release on 7th November 2017

New Listings

16th Sep

Shopping: Down
2001 USA / Netherlands action Sci-Fi horror by Dick Maas set for US Blu-ray/DVD Combo release on 31st October 2017

New Listings

15th Sep

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 40th Anniversary Blu-ray

Shopping: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 40th Anniversary
1977 USA Sci-Fi drama by Steven Spielberg set for UK Blu-ray release on 9th October 2017

New Listings

14th Sep

Shopping: Tag
2015 Japan action horror mystery by Sion Sono set for UK DVD/Blu-ray Combo release on 20th November 2017

New and Offers

19th Sep

Cara and Lucy Escorts Deluxe
Selected releases at CD Universe

Sex Toys News

18th Sep

You'll go blind, and go to hell, and all that sort of stuff
What the Bible says about sex robots

New and Offers

First Anal Vol. 4
Selected releases at Hot Movies

New and Offers

17th Sep

Simply Adult
Latest releases from Girlfriends Films, Brazzers

New and Offers

16th Sep

A Dirty Cinderella Story (2017)
Selected releases at Adult DVD Empire

New and Offers

14th Sep

Private
Galleries from Private and Private Classics

New and Offers

Naughty Bookworms # 7
Selected releases at CD Universe

New and Offers

13th Sep

She's So Small Number 13
Selected releases at Hot Movies

New and Offers

12th Sep

Secret Lesbian Diaries 5
Selected releases at Simply Adult

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