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UK to ban pornography depicting strangulation and incest
The UK government announced that pornography depicting strangulation, incestuous or simulated incestuous sex, and adults pretending to be children under 16 will become illegal from 6 November 2026.
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The UK government announced that pornography depicting strangulation or suffocation will become illegal.
“Online pornography depicting strangulation or suffocation ... will be illegal.”
The UK government announced that pornography depicting sex between related people, or people pretending to be related, will become illegal.
“sex between people who are related or pretending to be related ... will be illegal.”
The UK government announced that pornography depicting adults pretending to be children under 16 will become illegal.
“when somebody is pretending to be a child under 16, will be illegal.”