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From 6 November, it will be a criminal offence in England and Wales to possess pornography which depicts either (or both):

- strangulation or suffocation (neither of which is defined)
- sex between (actual or purported) relatives

Be aware that content including both of these things is (and probably still will be) readily available on porn sites, but that is not a defence.

I wrote a blogpost about these offences a while back, "Brief comments on two proposed new criminal offences relating to pornography: strangulation / suffocation, and sex (actually or purportedly) between relatives":

https://decoded.legal/blog/2026/04/brief-comments-on-two-proposed-new-criminal-offences-relating-to-pornography-strangulation-suffocation-and-sex-actually-or-purportedly-between-relatives/