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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_3

barrkel 10y ago
And shortly before the internet really took off and started to standardize legal porn (meaning: harmonize to American rules), 16 and 17 year old topless girls were legal on page 3, with harder stuff elsewhere on the European continent. America effectively exported their legal standards here, mostly through credit card companies I expect. (Not saying commercializing topless schoolgirls is just fine, just that normal used to be different and it has changed due to American influence.)
- r_smart 10y ago
  Where in America is 16 and 17 legal for appearing in pornography? There are places with age of consent laws that low, but often times there's still a band around that age that their partner has to fall into (i.e. if you're 45, 16 is still off limits). *edit: post I replied to had a typo that significantly changed the meaning. I'll leave this for the record, but it's no longer relevant.
  - barrkel 10y ago
    Sorry, an interrupted edit of my text switched before with after in my text.
  - Dylan16807 10y ago
    "you had a typo" doesn't really need to stay up, and especially not with the note that it's irrelevant coming after people have already read the text.
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- tdkl 10y ago
  What you just described is even debatable if it should be classified as porn and by what standards. Americans might be outraged, while you can visit any beach in EU and you'll see topless girls while no one giving a fuss. Not to mention Russia or Ukraine.
r_smart 10y ago
Didn't they get rid of that because it was protested so heavily?
FabHK 10y ago
Can't believe the Page 3 Wikipedia page has not a single photo :-(
- lorenzhs 10y ago
  Oh come on, you can't be serious! That is completely inappropriate here.
  - FabHK 10y ago
    Not sure this warrants an answer, but my observation was a) tongue-in-cheek, but also b) somewhat pertinent to a discussion on prudish censorship (as many if not most Wikipedia pages have illustrations, but not this one).

And shortly before the internet really took off and started to standardize legal porn (meaning: harmonize to American rules), 16 and 17 year old topless girls were legal on page 3, with harder stuff elsewhere on the European continent. America effectively exported their legal standards here, mostly through credit card companies I expect. (Not saying commercializing topless schoolgirls is just fine, just that normal used to be different and it has changed due to American influence.)

r_smart 10y ago
Where in America is 16 and 17 legal for appearing in pornography? There are places with age of consent laws that low, but often times there's still a band around that age that their partner has to fall into (i.e. if you're 45, 16 is still off limits). *edit: post I replied to had a typo that significantly changed the meaning. I'll leave this for the record, but it's no longer relevant.
- barrkel 10y ago
  Sorry, an interrupted edit of my text switched before with after in my text.
- Dylan16807 10y ago
  "you had a typo" doesn't really need to stay up, and especially not with the note that it's irrelevant coming after people have already read the text.
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tdkl 10y ago
What you just described is even debatable if it should be classified as porn and by what standards. Americans might be outraged, while you can visit any beach in EU and you'll see topless girls while no one giving a fuss. Not to mention Russia or Ukraine.

r_smart 10y ago

Didn't they get rid of that because it was protested so heavily?

FabHK 10y ago

Can't believe the Page 3 Wikipedia page has not a single photo :-(

lorenzhs 10y ago
Oh come on, you can't be serious! That is completely inappropriate here.
- FabHK 10y ago
  Not sure this warrants an answer, but my observation was a) tongue-in-cheek, but also b) somewhat pertinent to a discussion on prudish censorship (as many if not most Wikipedia pages have illustrations, but not this one).