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A new law in Sweden makes it illegal to buy custom adult content

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84 points diggan | 2 comments | 05 Jul 25 18:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.416s | source
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diggan ◴[05 Jul 25 19:09 UTC] No.44474811[source]▶
Original submission title, which I think better captures the actual change that has happened:

"Buying custom adult content became illegal in Sweden first of July 2025". It seems moderators may have gotten a bit too eager with improving the title :)

This is the official message/news from the government, but it's in Swedish only: https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2025/02/nya-lagfo...

Another perspective (also in Swedish) from the "Swedish Gender Equality Agency", which contains a bit more background on why the law was changed: https://jamstalldhetsmyndigheten.se/aktuellt/nyheter/starkt-...

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yupitsme123 ◴[05 Jul 25 19:35 UTC] No.44474972[source]▶
I read the article but it's still not clear to me. Is normal porn already illegal there? Or do they just have a problem with "custom" porn?
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1. diggan ◴[05 Jul 25 19:38 UTC] No.44474994[source]▶
No, "normal" porn is still legal, what is becoming illegal is "influencing" the produced content in any way, as the government sees that as being equal to paying someone to perform a sexual act, something which is illegal since before in Sweden.
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2. yupitsme123 ◴[05 Jul 25 21:10 UTC] No.44475573[source]▶
Normal porn still requires someone to pay someone else to have sex, and still allows for the possibility of exploitation, which I guess is what these laws are trying to combat.