Purchasing custom-made OnlyFans videos could soon land you in prison in Sweden.
The Swedish parliament just passed a new law that updates the country's existing sex purchase legislation and criminalizes the purchase of custom-made pornographic content.
Basically, consuming pre-made pornographic material is still legal in Sweden. However, the purchase of custom-made content on platforms like OnlyFans or paying for live cam shows is now illegal in Sweden and punishable as a crime akin to prostitution.
The new law takes effect on July 1 and carries a sentence of up to one year in prison.
The law is only applicable for the buyer, as Sweden's prostitution laws only ban buying sexual acts, not selling them. Online sex workers charge a premium for custom-made content on platforms like OnlyFans, making it a lucrative revenue stream for some performers.
The New York Post reports that the new Swiss law received "cross-party backing" in the Swedish parliament, including from the country's left-wing Social Democrats party.
Just this month, two U.S. Senators introduced a bill that would redefine obscenity in a way that would effectively ban pornography. Attempts to broadly ban pornography outright haven't yet been successful in the U.S., but the Swiss law could represent a new line of attack for American anti-porn activists.
In recent years, some Republican-led states have limited access to online porn through onerous age-verification requirements laws. These laws, which require adult websites to collect a user's ID in order to access their content, have resulted in major platforms like PornHub blocking users from those states altogether.
