Thurgau Grand Council rejects pornography regulation

 
The Thurgau parliament has clearly rejected an EPP motion calling for cantonal legislation to protect children and young people from pornography. Adoption of the motion could also have affected the advertising industry. Although the Grand Council acknowledged the problem, it considered further legal regulations to be ineffective, as reported by the SDA. Although pornographic content and content glorifying violence are a reality, only education at home and at school can make a difference against the new technologies, which are difficult to control.EVP cantonal councillor Wolfgang Ackerknecht had requested in his motion that the cantonal health law and the school laws be supplemented with provisions on the protection of minors against pornography. He justified his motion by arguing that the porn and advertising industry, the media and the internet were deliberately supporting the trend towards a "sexualization of society". This was leading to the loss of fundamental values in society.