Wider social/political/cultural issues:- Jamie Bulger case called for stricter standards on home video
- Rapid development in digital media (e.g. computer games becoming more realistic)
- Emphasis changed from preventing 'unusual weapons' to easily accessible weaponry (e.g. knives)
Key films and issues they raised:
- Natural Born Killers (Stone, 1994) provoked most controversy at time of the harm effects debates
- Kids (Clark, 1995) described as 'child pornography' so board had to find age of actors - only minor cuts made to 'indecent' scenes of younger actors under Protection of Children Act
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