Under a new Australian law, visitors Down Under must declare any “illegal” pornography to border officials. One Aussie couple went through the wringer of embarrassment when they were misled into revealing their naked honeymoon pictures upon return, writes AOL News. The process had been humiliating for the couple and a flashpoint for the nation’s Intercourse Party to attack the Australian government’s abuse of privacy.
Naked pictures from a honeymoon on an iPhone
The happy young couple didn’t want to break the law, and airport authorities were eager to enforce Australia’s new anti-porn ordinance. But as news sources indicate, there is some confusion over exactly what the regulation entails. Airport arrival cards are reworded because of the confusion, as it had been later made clear the intent of the regulation was not to invade upon the privacy of legal, consenting newlyweds. Now the card calls for “illegal” pornography to be declared: “child pornography, bestiality, explicit sexual violence, degradation, cruelty and rape,” reports AOL News. You can end up in jail if you are a part of illegal pornography. This could also lead to heavy fines.
A political party, the Australian Sex Party, had a spokeswoman explain, “(The couple had been) on the beach, they were nude, they’d taken a photo of themselves on their iPhone having an embrace.”. “It wasn’t full on or anything, however when they’d gone via customs they’d asked what ‘pornography’ meant and also the customs officer had said: ‘Well, anything explicit’.”
The Sex Party takes anti-porn grievances
The anti-pornography law, introduced at the end of 2009, has caused Australian citizens to complain a ton to the Australian Intercourse Party, which is a libertarian political party and lobbyist group. The idea of “if in doubt, show it” has not been working. Invasion of privacy has already happened. The Intercourse Party doesn’t like the law although Home Affairs Minister Brendan O-Connor explains that the regulation is meant to help the Australian government catch all of the illegal pornographic material.
”It is an incredible breach of people’s privacy,” is the reasoning Sex Party leader Fiona Patten gives for the law being ridiculous “If the objective is to stop child pornography, then this is not going to achieve this.”
Citations
AOL News
aolnews.com/weird-news/article/australian-border-officials-check-honeymooners-for-porn/19681747
SexPart.org
sexparty.org.au/
Australian Sex Party Federal Election ad (Note: Might be inappropriate for children)
youtube.com/watch?v=tdEVVW_ahnE
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