Orwell's novel 1984 is flagged as shock content in the UK. The warning about shock content was issued on the basis that this book contains "explicit materials" that some students may find "offensive and upsetting."

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[–]IkeConn 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

UK had titties on TV 30 years before we did yet they get all butt hurt over books.

[–]Tiwaking 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

IkeConn 2 insightful - 0 fun - 10 hours ago UK had titties on TV 30 years before we did yet they get all butt hurt over books.

In December 2014 a change was made to the 2003 Communications Act which affected porn produced in the UK. Three banned acts were deemed life threatening: strangulation, face-sitting and fisting.

[–]IkeConn 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Ouch!