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Parents Group Demands Child Pornography Investigation Over Netflix Show

Tré Goins-Phillips : Sep 17, 2021
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...The program content on 'Big Mouth' is alarming. Depicting the full-frontal nudity of little boys ... can only be intended to shock, titillate, and pander to the viewer. Such material falls squarely within most definitions of pornography. And inasmuch as it features children, we believe this qualifies as child pornography." -from the PTC report

airlift[Faithwire.com] The ongoing Netflix animated series "Big Mouth" has sparked concern among parents who believe the teen-oriented show has run afoul of child pornography laws. (Image: Unsplash-FreeStocks /via Faithwire)

In several scenes across the series' four seasons, the 12- and 13-year-old characters are depicted performing various explicit acts, ranging from making illicit sexual references and discussing masturbation to being shown naked in a locker room.

The Parents Television and Media Council has issued a new report in which it argues the sexually explicit scenes in "Big Mouth" are intended to depict minors and, as such, qualify as child pornography.

In the analysis, the PTC described the content in the show as "alarming" and noted a show does not need to be explicit in order to accurately depict the teenage experience... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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