Amid fury over Bonnie Blue, taskforce moves to ban specific type of porn
The move follows significant criticism of a Channel 4 documentary, 1000 Men and Me: The Bonnie Blue Story, which featured porn star Bonnie Blue, whose real name is Tia Billinger.
The Children's Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, accused the documentary of 'glamorising and normalising' extreme pornography.
Baroness Bertin aims to amend the Crime and Policing Bill to prohibit content where adults role-play as children, a type of material that Bonnie Blue engages in.
While the Online Safety Act requires platforms to protect children from harmful content, current laws do not explicitly ban adults role-playing as children in pornography.
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