Online pornography showing strangulation or suffocation is to be made illegal, as part of government plans to tackle violence against women and girls.

It follows a review which found depictions of choking were “rife” on mainstream porn sites and had helped normalise the act among young people.

Both the possession and publication of such material will be a criminal offence, under amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill currently going through Parliament.

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    6 hours ago

    You know that’s an entirely different physical process, right? CTE happens because the brain is being smashed into the inside of the brain case.

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      5 hours ago

      Uh yeah, but brain cell death is brain cell death whether it is caused by a concussion or lack of oxygen.