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Pirate party rally in Brussels (Photo: Didier Misson)

Pirate Party tackles ultimate taboo of child pornography

by Leigh Phillips, Brussels,

The libertarian Pirate Party in Sweden has set off a storm of controversy by arguing that the country's current laws on child pornography should be done away with.

In an interview with Swedish Radio out on Thursday (5 August) Pirate Party leader Rick Falkvinge described a 1999 child pornography law as "a battering-ram against the open society." The radio spot and an accompanying article noted how a policy plank in the party's election manifesto, published last week, would "make it legal...

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Pirate party rally in Brussels (Photo: Didier Misson)

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