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Pornography has been legal in Germany since 1975.[1] Exceptions to this include pornographic content depicting violent acts or sexual acts with animals, the distribution of which is prohibited,[2] as well as child pornographic content, the distribution and possession of which is prohibited when depicting real children, but legal when it is immediately apparent that the content is purely of fictional nature in cases of mere possession.[3][4] German law distinguishes between child and youth pornographic content, whereby the latter, which concerns persons over the age of 14, is punished less severely, with the mere possession of youth pornographic content being legal when it is produced exclusively for personal use with the consent of the persons depicted.[5]
Selling or distributing pornography to minors is a criminal offense. Shops and websites that offer pornography must carry out age verification.[6] For example, Aylo's age-verification software AgeID is used to verify the ages of users of pornographic Internet websites and has been in use in Germany since 2015.[7]
The German Edathy affair of 2013/14 following the neglected cooperation of Federal Criminal Police within the Canadian child pornography uncoverings gave way for new legislation procedures in parliament to define the status of either posing or exhibitive pictures of minors. New laws were still in parliamentary debating as lately as 19 December 2014.
Modern German pornography is generally similar to the American "glamour" pornography though often tailored primarily for the German market. In contrast, several German labels focus on a more "home-made" amateur flair, often focusing on intense hardcore themes such as gang bangs, bukkake, scat and urine fetishism; most notably 'German Goo Girls' and other series by John Thompson Productions.
- ^ https://lexetius.com/StGB/184,10
- ^ https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html#p1808
- ^ https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html#p1813
- ^ https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html#p1834
- ^ German Criminal Code, Section 184c (4)
- ^ "Legal requirements". klicksafe.de. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ Zoe Kleinman (6 March 2018). "Porn check critics fear data breach". BBC News. Retrieved 7 March 2018.