<description>&lt;p&gt;EPISODE 84&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW141449428 BCX0"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW141449428 BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW141449428 BCX0"&gt;There is a new law in the U.K. that makes it a criminal offence for pornography to depict strangulation. This new amendment to the Crime and Policing bill requires tech platforms to prevent users from seeing content involving strangulation or choking. Dani Pinter and Haley McNamara take a closer look at this new legal requirement and talk about the dangers of choking as well as the difficulty of getting a similar law passed in the U.S. They then pivot to talk about Wizz, a platform that targets teens with similar matchup features that dating apps like Tinder use. What are the dangers and why did Google and Apple reinstate this app after removing it a few years ago? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EOP SCXW141449428 BCX0" data-ccp-props= "{"134233118":true,"335551550":1,"335551620":1}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW141449428 BCX0"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW141449428 BCX0"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW141449428 BCX0"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW141449428 BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW141449428 BCX0"&gt;*Read more about Wizz in our blog:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW141449428 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/wizz-tinder-for-kids-is-not-as-safe-as-it-claims/"&gt; https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/wizz-tinder-for-kids-is-not-as-safe-as-it-claims/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW141449428 BCX0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EOP SCXW141449428 BCX0" data-ccp-props= "{"134233118":true,"335551550":1,"335551620":1}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW141449428 BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW141449428 BCX0"&gt;*Read the Guardian article about the new U.K. law: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class= "Hyperlink SCXW141449428 BCX0" href= "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/03/pornography-depicting-strangulation-to-become-criminal-offence-in-the-uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW141449428 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink"&gt;https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/03/pornography-depicting-strangulation-to-become-criminal-offence-in-the-uk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="EOP SCXW141449428 BCX0" data-ccp-props= "{"134233118":true,"335551550":1,"335551620":1}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW141449428 BCX0"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW141449428 BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW141449428 BCX0"&gt;*Contact Congress to END Section 230 Immunity for Big Tech!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a class= "Hyperlink SCXW141449428 BCX0" href= "https://endsexualexploitation.org/DDL230-action" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW141449428 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle= "Hyperlink"&gt;https://endsexualexploitation.org/DDL230-action&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="NormalTextRun SCXW141449428 BCX0"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="EOP SCXW141449428 BCX0" data-ccp-props= "{"134233118":true,"335551550":1,"335551620":1}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description>

Ending Sexploitation

National Center on Sexual Exploitation

Explaining the New P*rn Law AND Is Wizz a Tinder App for Kids?

NOV 6, 202537 MIN
Ending Sexploitation

Explaining the New P*rn Law AND Is Wizz a Tinder App for Kids?

NOV 6, 202537 MIN

Description

EPISODE 84 There is a new law in the U.K. that makes it a criminal offence for pornography to depict strangulation. This new amendment to the Crime and Policing bill requires tech platforms to prevent users from seeing content involving strangulation or choking. Dani Pinter and Haley McNamara take a closer look at this new legal requirement and talk about the dangers of choking as well as the difficulty of getting a similar law passed in the U.S. They then pivot to talk about Wizz, a platform that targets teens with similar matchup features that dating apps like Tinder use. What are the dangers and why did Google and Apple reinstate this app after removing it a few years ago? *Read more about Wizz in our blog: https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/wizz-tinder-for-kids-is-not-as-safe-as-it-claims/ *Read the Guardian article about the new U.K. law: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/03/pornography-depicting-strangulation-to-become-criminal-offence-in-the-uk *Contact Congress to END Section 230 Immunity for Big Tech! https://endsexualexploitation.org/DDL230-action