<p><img width="350" height="219" src="/media/8729709/sinister-computer 350x219.jpg" alt="sinister man at computer" class="ImageFloatRight"/>The war against illegal pornography continues in Canada and in the United States.</p>
The Atlantic
The Porn Crisis That Isn’t
Some states now consider pornography to be a health threat. But stigmatizing porn can do more harm than good.
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If you ask some people, America is in the middle of a public-health crisis. No, not that one.
Legislators in 16 states have passed resolutions declaring that pornography, in its ubiquity, constitutes a public-health crisis. The wave of bills started five years ago, with Utah, which went a step further this spring by passing a law mandating that all cellphones and tablets sold in the state block access to pornography by default. (The measure will not go into effect unless five other states pass similar laws, but that’s very possible: Alabama is now considering a similar bill.)
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Arnold Viersen. (Screenshot: CPAC)
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A bill introduced in the House of Commons will bring more severe penalties to people who distribute pornographic material of minors or without the consent of adults in the material.
MP Arnold Viersen (Peace River Westlock) introduced Bill C-302, the
Stopping Internet Sexual Exploitation (SISE) Act in the House of Commons on Thursday. The SISE Act would require those making or distributing pornographic material for a commercial purpose to verify the age and consent of each person depicted. It also would prevent the distribution of pornographic material when consent has been withdrawn. Those who fail to verify age and consent face escalating penalties or jail time mirroring those in the mandatory child pornography reporting laws.