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The Indonesian parliament is considering an anti-pornography law. Early drafts of the bill would have outlawed anything "arousing sexual desire."

Germany grants special parental privilege to show hardcore pornography to their children for educational purposes.

In Finland, 15-year-olds are legally able to buy softcore porn.

In Sri Lanka, hardcore magazines are sold openly at normal newsstands. Pornographic movies are rated for viewers 13 years or older.

In Japan, the strongest prohibition in the 1970s and &rsquo 80s was against showing pubic hair. Starting around 1991, publishers began challenging this ban to the point where pubic hair is now fairly well accepted.

In the former USSR during the Stalinist period, the importation of pornography was a capital offence.

In 1969, Denmark was first country in the world to legalize hardcore. pornography.

In Vietnam, pornography is illegal and enforcement is strict. According to the legislatures, pornography harms Vietnamese standard values.

In Hong Kong, pornography is Illegal if publicly displayed (except within the confinements of "a bona fide art gallery or museum").

Canada’s Border Services Agency is empowered to stop the importation of materials prohibited under obscenity laws; many gay and lesbian bookstores have charged that this is applied in a discriminatory way to same-sex pornographic materials.

In the United Kingdom, hardcore material was illegal until 1999, when it joined the European Community and the trade barrier collapsed.

In the United States, hardcore material is legal at the Federal level unless it meets the Miller test of obscenity, which is rare. Pornographic materials may not be made available to persons under 18 years of age or 21 in some jurisdictions. Some attempts at restricting pornography on the Internet have been struck down by the courts.

From SexLiteracy.org.