criminal offenses, such as physical and sexual violence, present in 90% of online videos, according to the High Council for Equality

Criminal offenses, such as physical and sexual violence, are present in 90% of online videos on the main pornographic sites in France according to the HCE, the High Council for Equality between Men and Women. This Wednesday morning, he submits a report on what he calls “pornocriminality” to the Minister Delegate in charge of Equality between women and men, Bérangère Couillard.

“The violence is real. It’s not cinema,” warns the HCE

Over several months, HCE experts studied tens of thousands of videos broadcast on the four main pornographic platforms (Pornhub, XVideos, Xnxx, Xhamster), certain sites having 14 million monthly visitors. It appears that 90% of these videos present acts of physical, verbal and sexual violence, and “are therefore criminally reprehensible”some relating “of the legal definition of acts of torture and barbarity”, according to the report. Women are the main victims.

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The study also identifies 1.3 million child pornography videos. “These videos trivialize and eroticize incest and child crime”, according to the HCE. HCE experts make 10 proposals to the government. Among them, the attribution of an administrative police role to Pharos, the platform of the Ministry of the Interior, to request the removal or blocking of any scene affecting the integrity of the person. They also ask to give the power to Arcom to block pornographic sites that do not implement age controls, to regulate the access of minors to these platforms, or to establish a right to withdraw content from sexual nature to any person filmed who requests it. Finally, the HCE recommends three sex education sessions at school including a critique of pornography.