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List of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Internet pornography: issues and challenges
PART 1
Chapter 2 Online child pornography: Preliminary considerations
Child pornography and the internet
Jurisdictional issues
Who is a child? The age (old) problem
Chapter 3 Transformation of child pornography laws
International Initiatives
National Law
Evolution of Child Pornography Laws
Production and Distribution
Possession
Rationale of Possession Offences
Webcam Performance and Live Streaming
Self-generated Pornography and ‘Sexting’
Concluding Thoughts
Chapter 4 Virtual child pornography
Legal Responses
U.K.: Criminalising Possession
U.S.: Ashcroft v Free Speech Coalition
Future of Regulation
Chapter 5 Enforcement of child pornography laws
Regulation and Non-State Actors
Criticisms of ‘Self-Regulation’
Fair Regulation
PART 2
Chapter 6 Extreme pornography
Introduction
The Law
Criminalising Possession
Demand and Supply
Harm
Morality, Disgust, and Offence
Individual Freedoms
Power Imbalance: State v/s the Individual
Taking the Burden Away from the Consumer
PART 3
Chapter 7 Adult pornography
Introduction
Regulating Obscenity: United Kingdom
United States: Pioneer and the Problem
Regulating for Child Protection
New Regulatory Models
Staying Focused on Access Control
‘Revenge Pornography’ and other Issues
Concluding Remarks
Conclusion
Chapter 8 Regulating internet pornography
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About the author
Abhilash Nair is Senior Lecturer in Internet Law at Aston University, Birmingham. He has published widely in the area of internet pornography, and has advised various international and national bodies on regulating illegal content, content-related cybercrime and online child safety laws. He is a member of the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) Evidence Working group, and Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Law and Technology.
Summary
This book examines the key issues and challenges in regulating internet pornography. It explores the legal issues stemming from new regulatory models adopted in the UK which imposes significant liability on the end-user consumer of pornography rather than purely on publisher and distributor of pornography.
