CYPSA Submission to Parliament: Films and Publications Amendment Bill
We are of the opinion that this proposed amendment bill will have extremely negative consequences on our youth, impacting the next generation, with whom we work on a daily basis.
Pornography
Germany - Couple Jailed for Selling Son to Pedophiles on the Internet
CNN has reported on a mother and her partner sentenced to prison for selling the woman's son, now ten years old, to pedophiles.
UK - Pedophile Gang Members Should be Stripped of Citizenship and Deported
The UK has done much needed soul-searching since the smashing of a number of grooming gangs, nearly all South Asian. Police officers, social workers and educators all turned a blind eye to the horrors in a bid to appear politically correct at the time, a huge cost to the victims.
Say NO to Online Pornography
The South African Parliament is currently considering a new Bill (the Films and Publications Amendment Bill), which amongst other things, proposes legalising and decriminalising online distribution of pornography.
UK – Viewers of Child Sex Abuse Could Lose Homes
People who view images of child sex abuse could lose their homes or pensions under new US-style laws being proposed by a powerful coalition of children’s charities demanding action from the British government.
EU Set to Vote on Banning Porn
"The European Parliament will vote on a report, "Eliminating gender stereotypes in the EU", that could lead to a blanket ban on pornography in any form of media.
Health Experts on Pornography Addiction
According to Dines, a professor of sociology and women's studies at Wheelock College in Boston, 36% of Internet content is pornographic. Dines states that, online porn brings in total revenue of $3,000 per second. On average, one out of every four Internet searches is about porn. Pornography is the public health crisis of the digital age.
Canada News – Government to Conduct Countrywide Study on Harmful Porn Effects
The Canadian government has given the green light to Motion M-47 introduced by MP Arnold Viersen. This will lead to examining the harmful effects of pornography on Canadian citizens and explore options to protect children from sexually explicit online material.
Government Officials' Computers in Need of Porn Filters
Various groups are calling on government to fit anti-porn software on all government official's computers.
Scientific Studies on Porn Addiction
A Cambridge University study proves that people addicted to pornography show similar brain activity to alcoholics and drug addicts.