>>102755474My view and risk profile comes from being into bondage
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/4/part/5/crossheading/pornography-etc
Of which the broadness (Chapter 63) is painful. The only “saving grace” is that a reasonable person would need to think anime is real.
The problem for anime is Chapter 69, which includes pseudo-photographs but provides not scale how psuedo it is (and does not provide for a reasonable person believing it is real).
Protection of Children Act 1978 sets a child as anyone under the age of 18 (fair enough) but again makes no provision for dealing with fictional characters. Mio from Sister New Devil is 16. Would the BBFC approving that be a defence in court? I don’t know, and I don’t want to ever be in a situation where it is being tested. My point is, even if it’s unlikely to be specifically targeted for liking highschool anime girls, it’s something CPS can and will try to charge you with. The UK is obsessed with giving new ways of to punish people if the original way they tried to catch you didn’t work. I was baffled to learn Labour introduced 3600 new offences (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/apr/08/hare-prisons-labour) under Blair. 1 a day!
Investigatory Powers Bill give them absolute power to investigate all your digital equipment, so even if the original charge doesn’t stick, they can find new ways to take you down.