Online porn showing choking to be made illegal, government says

The UK government is set to make online pornography depicting choking illegal to combat violence against women and girls. This move follows a review revealing the normalization of such content among young people on mainstream porn platforms. Proposed amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill would criminalize possession and publication of choking material, with platforms mandated to proactively detect and remove it under the Online Safety Act's priority offenses. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall emphasized the harmful impact of such content and the need to hold tech companies accountable for preventing its spread.