obscenity laws

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• Obscenity — Part of a series on Censorship By media …   Wikipedia

• obscenity — /euhb sen i tee, see ni /, n., pl. obscenities for 2, 3. 1. the character or quality of being obscene; indecency; lewdness. 2. something obscene, as a picture or story. 3. an obscene word or expression, esp. when used as an invective. [1600 10; …   Universalium

• Laws regarding child pornography — Main article: Child pornography 94 of 187 Interpol member states had laws specifically addressing child pornography as of 2008.[1][2] Of those 94 countries, 58 criminalized possession of child pornography regardless of intent to distribute.[1]… …   Wikipedia

• obscenity — noun … OF OBSCENITY ▪ stream, string VERB + OBSCENITY ▪ mutter, scream, shout, yell ▪ He shouted a stream of obscenities …   Collocations dictionary

• obscenity — The character or quality of being obscene; conduct tending to corrupt the public morals by its indecency or lewdness. Material is obscene if, considered as a whole, its predominant appeal is to prurient interest, that is, a shameful or morbid… …   Black's law dictionary

• obscenity — ob|scen|i|ty [əbˈsenıti] n plural obscenities 1.) [U] sexually offensive language or behaviour, especially in a book, play, film etc ▪ laws against obscenity 2.) [C usually plural] a sexually offensive word or action →↑swear ▪ drunken youths… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Comstock laws — Further information: Ulysses S. Grant presidential administration The symbol of Comstock s Society for the Suppression of Vice. The Comstock Act, 17 Stat. 598, enacted March 3, 1873, was a United State …   Wikipedia

• Child pornography laws in the United States — specify that child pornography is illegal under federal law and in all states. Although child pornography is widely considered to be obscene, a legal term that refers to offensive or violent forms of pornography that have been declared by… …   Wikipedia

• List of pornography laws by country — Pornography laws differ widely from region to region. Below is a brief summary of pornography restrictions, sorted by country: Australia Technically it is illegal to sell or rent X rated material in all states of Australia, but it is not illegal… …   Wikipedia

• Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section — The Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) is a section of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice in charge of protecting the welfare of America s children and communities by enforcing federal criminal statutes… …   Wikipedia

• Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship — The Committee on Obscenity and Film Censorship, better known as the Williams Committee, was a 1970s British Home Office committee chaired by Professor Bernard Williams. The task of the committee was to review the laws concerning obscenity,… …   Wikipedia