A video game banned in parts of Europe because of claims it contains child pornography is selling out in New Zealand - with only a PG rating. But within days, the chief censor called it in for classification. It is banned in Sweden, Norway and Denmark and is believed to violate child pornography laws with features that enable a player to undress female characters and photograph them from any angle, including under their skirts. It is also believed that underage girls appear in sexualised situations in the game.
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Child pornography harms everyone who comes into contact with it. The secret industry abuses and exploits one of our most vulnerable populations in its creation, while its distribution feeds the addiction and mental diseases of its consumers. But what is child pornography, according to the courts? And, what could happen to those convicted of having or distributing it? Note that the age of consent does not matter to child pornography laws. If the depicted individual is under 18 years of age, then the image could be child porn — even if the person photographed agreed to it. So, if a teenaged couple — one 19 years old and the other 17 years old — exchange nudes over text, then they could be charged with creation and distribution of child pornography. Believe it or not, writing about underage sex either between two minors or between an adult and a minor is not automatically illegal at either the state or federal level, though obscenity laws still apply. First of all -- and speaking broadly -- it is not automatically illegal to write fictional narratives about illegal acts. Otherwise, many murder mystery publishers would be out of business!
Follow our live coverage for the latest news on the coronavirus pandemic. A Nintendo game that was pulled from sale in Europe over child pornography concerns is on sale in Australia with a PG rating. Dead Or Alive: Dimensions, a Nintendo 3DS game, is the latest edition to the Manga cartoon-style combat series famous for big-breasted female fighters whose outfits leave little to the imagination. But Dead Or Alive raised eyebrows in Sweden, Norway and Denmark because three of the game's female characters - Ayane, Kokoro and Kasumi - were described as being under This makes them underage under Swedish law, and allegations were raised that game features, which allow players to look up their skirts and take photos, depicted them in pornographic situations. Tecmo Koei didn't rate the game. The classification branch did. In giving it the PG rating, the Classification Board described the game as depicting "mild violence and sexualised gameplay". Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor has been made aware of the child porn claims and is asking for answers.
