In a report from Sweden's Women's Organizations, it is stated that Sweden is "furthest behind in the Nordic countries" when it comes to legislating against pornography. Above all, when it comes to the new AI-porn.
First and foremost, I want to say that I share the problem description provided by Sweden's Women's Organizations. Violent porn affects in a negative way. We see now large parts of our youth generation who have received their sex education through pornography, not least through violent pornography, says Paulina Brandberg.
"Balancing" the image
The Minister says that there are several reasons why the situation looks the way it does, but also that there are several ways to tackle "the enormous problem":
Legislation is one part we need to look at. But it's not the only way forward. We have, for example, from the government's side, given an assignment to the National Agency for Education and the Public Health Agency to develop a support material for schools on how to work with issues related to sexual exploitation and pornography, says Brandberg.
The idea is to "balance" the image of sex that comes from porn.
Even if we really try to restrict it, we will never be able to restrict it completely.
Toothless
When it comes to the new AI-porn, Brandberg says that existing laws can be used to a large extent.
But it's clear that there are gaps. Here, we need to think creatively about how we can fill those gaps. I don't rule out any measures going forward.
Sweden's Women's Organizations advocate for age verification as a way to prevent minors from consuming porn. A possible solution, but difficult to achieve as a single country, according to Brandberg:
When it comes to online crime in general and especially when we handle these types of issues, my view is that it becomes unfortunately relatively toothless if it becomes national measures. What is needed is that we need to have international cooperation to have a real effect.
