Blunder lets porn be sold legally to kids

Due to a government blunder from 25 years ago, retailers who sell pornography to children will not be criminally prosecuted for the next three months.

Children under the age of 18 can currently purchase pornography for the next three months and anyone currently prosecuted under the act will not be convicted. However, a new law will begin as soon as the three months are up, according to Metro. United Kingdom's Barbara Follett, Minister for Culture and Tourism said, "Unfortunately, the discovery of this omission means that, a quarter of a century later, the VRA is no longer enforceable against individuals in United Kingdom courts." Due to the existence of Video Recordings Act of 1984, which regulates the pornography industry, the British government should have warned the European Commission but failed to conduct the notification. Britain's Entertainment Retailers Association said, in amazement, reports Reuters, "This is extraordinary. For 25 years retailers have been faithfully administering the system and now this happens." The Liberal Democrats immediately seized the opportunity to make this a political issue, after a Liberal Democrats spokesperson released a statement, "The Conservatives' incompetence when they were in government has made laws designed to prevent video piracy and protect children from harmful DVDs unenforceable and thrown film censorship into chaos. This must be a massive embarrassment to the Tories, especially as David Cameron was the special adviser to the home secretary in 1993 when the law was amended. Until the problems have been overcome, we must hope that legitimate retailers will observe the spirit of the Act to protect our children from violent and explicit DVDs and video games." Anyone previously convicted under this act cannot file for appeal.