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News Sunday 22nd October...

Aussie News

Mellowing with age
Australian Classification Review Board downrates Jigsaw from 18 to 15

BBFC Daily

Poster Bad Moms Christmas 2017 Jon Lucas and Scott Moore

Daily UK Ratings from the BBFC
Latest classification decisions

Internet News

Censorship in the name of safety
The government plans to extend its internet child safety think tank to include adults

Updated: Collateral damage
Advertising mascots get into trouble with the police under a law targeted at prohibiting burkhas

Internet News

Updated: Better safe than sorry
Twitter bosses consider expanding the scope of material to be censored

Latest
Cutting Edge Episode 47
Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls
Gavin Salkeld reveals the comedy cuts at the BBFC

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Recent News

Update: Unacceptable
56 European human rights groups call on the EU to abandon its disgraceful law proposal requiring the pre-censorship of content as it is being uploaded to the internet

Update: Hate speech and anything else the authorities don't like
New law comes into force in Germany requiring social media to delete 'hate speech' within 24 hours

Hateful censorship law
European backs off from EU wide laws forcing social media websites to remove content as specified by state authorities

Update: EU vs. the European people
EU continues to expand its repressive new copyright regime that will give media companies and the like total control over even snippets and short quotes

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?

Recent Movie News

Cambodia bans Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Denying Cambodia 'as a place where villains are based who make trouble for the world'...conveniently forgetting about Pol Pot

Update: Blade Runner 2049
India's censor droids show no empathy for the human desire to

A bloody battle with the MPAA
Blood Feast remake fails to get an MPAA R rating after 3 submissions

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

Update: Possessed by censors
Annabelle 2 is banned in Lebanon over claims that it is offe

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BBFC Tuesday-Saturday
MPAA Thursday

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Censored: CensorWatch.co.uk

About the Melon Farmers?

The Melon Farmers is an anti-censorship campaigning website

It is not a traditional campaign or political organisation. There are no members, no subscriptions and no constitutions. Just a bunch of good people who contribute news, information and opinion.

The objectives and aims of the Melon Farmers are simply an aggregation of the many that contribute. Somehow news, information and opinion can make for a very effective campaign.

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MelonFarmers.com carries all the interation stories from sister site MelonFarmers.co.uk but without the emphasis on the UK.

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Facebook.com/SexAndCensorship - internet censorship
OpenRightsGroup.org - internet censorship
BigBrotherWatch.org.uk - liberty and privacy
backlash-uk.org.uk - dangerous pictures
caan.org.uk - dangerous pictures
sfc.org.uk - sexual freedom

Aussie News

22nd Oct

Mellowing with age
Australian Classification Review Board downrates Jigsaw from 18 to 15

MPAA News

19th Oct

Poster Tyler Perrys Boo 2 a Madea Hal 2017 Tyler Perry

Boo 2
Director Tyler Perry speaks of cuts for an MPAA PG-13 rating

Films Latest

18th Oct

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: BBFC Podcast Episode 74
The BBFC Need to Talk at Length About Kevin

New Listings

14th Oct

Shopping: Torture Garden
1967 UK horror fantasy by Freddie Francis set for UK Blu-ray release on 30th October 2017

New Listings

8th Oct

Shopping: Hammer Volume One: Fear Warning
4 film set for UK Blu-ray release on 30th October with old BBFC cuts just waived for Michael Carreras' Maniac

Movie News

Prank
BBFC cut a Canadian comedy drama over child protection concerns

Internet News

22nd Oct

Updated: Better safe than sorry
Twitter bosses consider expanding the scope of material to be censored

Aussie News

21st Oct

Logo censors
Australian Government Wants to Give Satire The Boot

TV News

Offsite Article

Offsite article: Fuck yeah!
Should Star Trek use the F word? For the very first time this week, Star Trek: Discovery broke a linguistic taboo.

UK News

20th Oct

Tom Watson attacks witty adverts for Russian propaganda channel RT
Politicians need to face up to their own failure to look after the jobs and prospects of people and not blame their unpopularity on silly distractions like Russian propaganda

US News

US politicians take aim at Russian social media adverts
Politicians need to face up to their own failure to look after the jobs and prospects of people and not blame their unpopularity on silly distractions like Russian propaganda

PC News

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: Millennials don't fear censorship because they plan on doing all the censoring
By stifling free speech, the young oppress their future selves. By Lionel Shriver

Aussie News

19th Oct

Call of Duty®: WWII + Animated Zombies Weapon Camo + Zombies Prima Strategy Guide

Call of Duty WWII
Games distributors in Australia made cuts to delete reference to sexual threat from the games censor's advice

Asia Pacific

18th Oct

Censorship body
League of Legends video game censored in South Korea

West Europe

17th Oct

Update: Unacceptable
56 European human rights groups call on the EU to abandon its disgraceful law proposal requiring the pre-censorship of content as it is being uploaded to the internet

22nd Oct

Updated: Collateral damage
Advertising mascots get into trouble with the police under a law targeted at prohibiting burkhas

PC News

20th Oct

Beware! Easy offence ahead
Cambridge lecturer adds trigger warnings about discussions of Shakespeare plays

Art News

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: The artworks that caused a scandal
As two major museums have scrapped plans to show controversial pieces this month, the BBC takes a look at the history of censorship in the art world.

Stage News

19th Oct

But obviously 'real' christians wouldn't do anything like that
Violent christians attempt to siege theatre showing a supposedly blasphemous play

Games News

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: Unblemished
The English language release of the video game, Tokyo Tattoo Girls, will be uncut, hopefully recognising that fans are more important than social justice warriors with their fake 'outrage'

PC News

Offsite Article

Offsite Article: Censorious feminism ultimately backfires
Every step of the way, the demand from some women for greater freedom has been met by calls from within feminism for free speech and free expression to be restricted. By Joanna Williams

Art News

18th Oct

Updated: A shaggy dog story
The Louvre censors sculpture referencing bestiality

PC News

17th Oct

The bitter heart of America
PC lynch mob demands the removal of a good review for a new novel dealing with PC sensitive issues

Bollox Britain

15th Oct

Just tell your doctor to fuck off!
NHS doctors and nurses set to ask patients about their sexuality, and dangerously record it in a widely used database, all so that the state can use the data for 'equality targets"

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Recent releases

21st Oct

Shopping: Flesh Of My Flesh
2015 USA action horror by Edward Martin III just released on US DVD

Recent releases

20th Oct

Shopping: Rawhead Rex
1986 Ireland / UK / USA horror mystery fantasy by George Pavlou just released on US DVD and Blu-ray

Recent releases

Shopping: Inner Demons
2013 USA thriller by Lem Collins and Marcus E Munroe | 1 more credit » just released on US DVD

Recent releases

19th Oct

Shopping: Rolling Vengeance
1987 Canada action drama by Steven Hilliard Stern, cut by the BBFC, just released on US DVD and Blu-ray

Recent releases

Shopping: Legend Of The Werewolf
1975 UK horror by Freddie Francis just released on US DVD

Recent releases

Shopping: 10 Rillington Place
1971 UK crime biography by Richard Fleischer just released on UK Blu-ray

Recent releases

18th Oct

Shopping: Replace
2017 Germany / Canada horror thriller by Norbert Keil just released on UK DVD

Recent releases

Shopping: Miracle Mile
1988 USA action Sci-Fi romance by Steve De Jarnatt just released on UK DVD and Blu-ray

Recent releases

17th Oct

Shopping: Dreamgirls
2006 USA musical music drama by Bill Condon just released on US Blu-ray with 2 versions

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New Listings

22nd Oct

Shopping: Jeepers Creepers 3
2017 USA horror mystery thriller by Victor Salva set for UK DVD and Blu-ray release on 1st January 2018

New Listings

21st Oct

Shopping: Darkness Rising
2017 USA horror by Austin Reading set for US DVD and Blu-ray release on 7th November 2017

New Listings

Shopping: Hell Night
1981 USA horror thriller by Tom DeSimone, once cut by the BBFC, set for US Blu-ray release on 12th December 2017

New Listings

19th Oct

Shopping: Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
2018 film by Don Michael Paul set for US DVD release on 30th January 2018

New Listings

16th Oct

Shopping: Scars Of Dracula
1970 UK horror by Roy Ward Baker set for UK DVD/Blu-ray Combo release on 30th October 2017

New Listings

15th Oct

Shopping: Office Christmas Party
2016 USA comedy by Josh Gordon and Will Speck set for UK DVD and Blu-ray release on 13th November 2017

New Listings

Shopping: Hellraiser
1987 UK horror by Clive Barker set for US DVD and Blu-ray release on 31st October 2017

New Listings

Shopping: Blood From The Mummy's Tomb
1971 UK horror by Seth Holt and Michael Carreras set for UK DVD and Blu-ray release on 30th October 2017

New Listings

14th Oct

Shopping: Torture Garden
1967 UK horror fantasy by Freddie Francis set for UK Blu-ray release on 30th October 2017

New and Offers

22nd Oct

Intercourse With A Vampire
Selected releases at Hot Movies

New and Offers

21st Oct

Private
Galleries from Private

New and Offers

20th Oct

Natural Beauties # 4
Selected releases at CD Universe

New and Offers

19th Oct

Justice League XXX: An Axel Braun Parody (2017)
Selected releases at Adult DVD Empire

New and Offers

18th Oct

Cum Drink With Me (English)
Selected releases at Hot Movies

New and Offers

17th Oct

Vampires
Selected releases at CD Universe

New and Offers

16th Oct

Simply Adult
Latest releases from Girlfriends Films, Brazzers, Anastasia Pierce

New and Offers

15th Oct

Ebony Dream Teens (2017)
Selected releases at Adult DVD Empire

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Simply Adult
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