LondonOwning strangulation pornography becomes a crime in England Friday.
The offences also cover family role play and performers who are or pretend to be under 16.
Possession carries 2 years for strangulation or familial content, 3 for under-16 content, and publication up to 5.
Courts will define strangulation and suffocation case by case once the Crime and Policing Act takes effect.
How each outlet framed it
- 404 Media
- reports that the Crime and Policing Act criminalises strangulation porn, possession included, starting November 6, using a sex worker's interview to show the law's reach
Sources: 404 Media