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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Amelia Gentleman

BBFC seeks to extend its monitoring role to include online pornography

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An estimated 13.8 million UK adults view online pornography every month. Photograph: Artur Marciniec/Alamy

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has held discussions with the government over extending its role to include the monitoring of online pornography.

At the inaugural meeting of the Independent Pornography Review taskforce – which brought together politicians, police and charities to discuss how to regulate harmful content on the internet – the BBFC’s president, Natasha Kaplinsky, said the organisation hoped to take on the task.

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