http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sport-website-hosted-rape-gallery-3871960 A sports forum hosted a 'rape gallery' which encouraged users to post pictures of people they'd like to sexually assault. The horrific thread was found on the website not606.com It is not known whether the people who were pictured were members of the public or celebrities. A disgusted member of the public complained about the matter to the British Board of Film Classification which since September 2013 has a role to play in classifying content accessible from mobile devices. The complainant also raised concerns about near-the-knuckle humour and images with sexual content on the site. Not606.com describes itself as "an alternative place to to talk about your team and other people's teams freely!"
What is wrong with people? There's some right nuggets who post on various parts of this website, and even some on this very board. Time to reign them in. Who would you most like to rape FFS. Shameful.
The tabloids have made this look like a story when there wasn't one. The title of the thread was 'Rape Gallery' but there wasn't actually any pictures inside it and the 13 posts were not actually talking about rape - but were making jokes about different subjects. The Mirror conveniently left out the adjudication because it actually stated that the content was suitable for 15 year olds, it was only the thread title they had problems with. Adjudication The BBFC reviewed the content on 5 November 2013. We partially upheld the complaint. Much of the humorous content was aimed at adolescents and was suitable, under BBFC Guidelines, for 15 year olds and above. This content therefore did not require restriction to adults only. However, we took the view that, while the ‘Rape Gallery' might have been intended to be funny, many would not find it so, and, moreover, that it posed a non-trivial harm risk by presenting women as rape targets. We concluded that it would be classified at least 18 or R18, and might potentially be refused classification.
From the BCFC website, thanks to Gustavo Fring "4 November 2013 Website not606.com Issue A member of the public was concerned about several chat forum threads on not606.com which were available on an operator’s mobile service, ranging from jokes about the Bin Laden family, to images with a sexual element, and a thread encouraging members to post pictures of people they would rape, described as a 'Rape Gallery', alongside written comments about raping these individuals. Adjudication The BBFC reviewed the content on 5 November 2013. We partially upheld the complaint. Much of the humorous content was aimed at adolescents and was suitable, under BBFC Guidelines, for 15 year olds and above. This content therefore did not require restriction to adults only. However, we took the view that, while the ‘Rape Gallery' might have been intended to be funny, many would not find it so, and, moreover, that it posed a non-trivial harm risk by presenting women as rape targets. We concluded that it would be classified at least 18 or R18, and might potentially be refused classification."
If only GC had a mod who could rename threads at will. I'd suggest Carmines kiddie fiddling thread. Job done
