HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY!

#Metoo - Since 2014 Backlash has assisted over 100 victims of serious sexual assaults and harassment to report these crimes to police in the UK and abroad. Most victims are women or sexual minorities.

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BACKLASH IS 20!
AVMS Directive 2014 - Backlash contribute to the Porn Protest against the age verification clauses outside Parliament. 2014.
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BACKLASH IS 20!
Digital Economy Bill - Backlash instrumental in lobbying Parliament against Age Verification clauses in the Digital Economy Bill. 2016.
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BACKLASH IS 20! Lords’ Committee - Backlash representative gave evidence before Lords’ Committee on the Digital Economy Bill in defence of adult sexual freedoms. 2017.

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BACKLASH IS 20!
Lobbied against age verification regime introduced by #onlinesafetyact.

Now campaigning for adult sexual privacy & freedom of expression rights in the face of State censorship - Online Safety Act 2023.
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BACKLASH IS 20!

Obscene Publications Act
In 2019, we lobbyed the Crown Prosecution Service to redefine the definition of obscene publication to exclude consensual sexual activities which are legal to perform.

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Backlash campaigned against the age verification and adult content regulations in the Online Safety Bill. 2022-2023.

Online Safety Act 2023 - Backlash lobbied against the age verification regime introduced under the Online Safety Act 2023. 2023-2025. #onlinesafetyact2023 #onlinesafetyact

BACKLASH IS 20! We were formed in 2005 to challenge the misconceived extreme pornography clauses in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill.

We have had numerous legal victories for adult sexual freedoms since then.

Now we’re campaigning against the Online Safety Act 2023 🧵

The original, grainy video, showed in fact a man in a tiger costume.
""The soundtrack confirmed that the person watching the image would realise that it was not actually areal tiger that was involved in the act" (the prosecutor noted) [From the North West Live, 2010]

"the soundtrack confirmed that the person watching the image would realise that it was not actually a real tiger that was involved in the act (Prosecutor Elizabeth Bell said)" [From the North West Live, 2010]

"When they did hear the sound, they discovered that following the act, the "tiger" turned to the camera and roared: "That beats the Frosties advert!" [From the North West Live, 2010]

"It emerged in court that police and prosecutors had not previously listened to the film with the soundtrack on" [From the North West Live, 2010]

"Andrew Robert Holland, 47, of High Street, Coedpoeth near Wrexham, appeared at Mold Court yesterday and pleaded not guilty" [From the North West Live, 2010]

"A man has been cleared of possessing an extreme pornographic mage involving a tiger having sex with a woman." [From the North West Live, 2010]

Happy #stdavidsday. A perfect day to remember the infamous 2010 Tiger Porn Trial, held at Mold Crown Court and involving a man from North Wales. Quotes courtesy of #northwaleslive @northwaleslive's online records, with thanks 🧵