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Girls Aloud obscenity case dropped

29 Jun 09 | News and features, United Kingdom

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The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped its case against Darryn Walker, the civil servant who was facing trial under the Obscene Publications Act for writing a violent pornographic fantasy story about pop group Girls Aloud.
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US TV swearing policy ‘correct’

29 Apr 09 | Index Index, minipost, News and features

The US government’s policy of fining broadcasters over the use of swear words on live TV is justified, the Supreme Court has ruled. Read more here

Setting the censorship standard

28 Apr 09 | Comment, Uncategorized

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Thirty years on, the Williams Committee Report still provides a better framework for film classification than the lamentable Obscene Publications Act, says
Julian Petley
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Not in my backyard

03 Apr 09 | Comment

index-on-censorship-obscenityThe Internet threatens to make US obscenity law unworkable, says Marjorie Heins

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