Labour should introduce minister for porn, Conservative peer says
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Tory peer makes bold suggestion to combat violent porn
- Baroness Gabby Bertin, who led a government-commissioned review, has proposed banning violent and misogynistic online pornography.
- She is advocating for the appointment of a dedicated minister for porn to ensure the issue is properly addressed, citing parliamentary reluctance to discuss the topic.
- The review, published in February, recommended giving Ofcom greater powers to regulate porn sites and ban content deemed too harmful for offline certification.
- The government has accepted one key recommendation from the review: making strangulation in pornography illegal.
- Recent Ofcom research revealed that 8 per cent of children aged 8-14 have viewed online pornography, prompting major sites to agree to stronger age verification measures, with potential fines for non-compliance.