A media watchdog has called on the Government to revoke all licenses to pornographic TV channels.
John Beyer, director of Ashford-based Mediawatch-UK, has written to television regulator Ofcom after new Government research concluded that exposure to such material could lead to people developing deviant sexual tendencies and committing sexual offences.
In a letter to the chairman of Ofcom’s Content Board, Mr Beyer wrote: “Ofcom has certain statutory obligations to protect members of the public from harmful material, as set out in by Parliament in the Communications Act 2003.
"Failure to respond to the new evidence of harm could put Ofcom in breach of the law if it fails to take proportionate action to remove pornographic material from the airwaves.”
The research was published in a document produced by the Ministry of Justice entitled ‘The evidence of harm to adults relating to exposure to extreme pornographic material: a rapid evidence assessment’.
Mr Beyer added: “In line with other recent warnings over swearing and violence before the watershed, it would be consistent if Ofcom issued a warning over harmful pornographic content, such as Fanny Hill on BBC4, The Secret Diary of a Call Girl on ITV2 and Californication on Five.”
POSTED: 30/10/2007 11:48:11
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