EU porn-ban resolution rejected
Proposal amended to exclude Internet providers 'policing rights'
12 March, 18:17
(ANSA) - Brussels, March 12 - The European Parliament
cancelled a resolution on Tuesday that would have banned all
forms of pornography in media and advertising, including the
Internet, as part of a resolution for "the elimination of gender
stereotypes in Europe".
Some 625 members of the EU Parliament voted 368-159 in
favor of passing a resolution aimed at stamping out gender
stereotypes throughout the 27-member union.
However a controversial "porn ban" section of the proposal
was rejected.The so-called porn ban, first submitted to the Parliament in December, stirred controversy after MPs found wide-ranging and ill-defined measures buried in the text calling for a "ban on all forms of pornography in the media," as well as giving Internet service providers "policing rights" over their subscribers.
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