Pornography in Estonia
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Pornography in Estonia is legal, but the distribution and exhibition of works deemed to contain pornography are regulated by law.[1]
Pornography is regulated by the Act to Regulate Dissemination of Works which Contain Pornography or Promote Violence or Cruelty (adopted by the Riigikogu on 16 December 1997, effective from 1 May 1998, last amended on 1 January 2015).[1] Under the Act, "pornography" is defined as 'a manner of representation in which sexual acts are brought to the foreground in a vulgar and intrusive manner and other human relations are disregarded or relegated to the background'.[1][a] Thus defined, "works which contain pornography" have the same legal status as works which "promote violence or cruelty", and both concepts are always mentioned together throughout the Act. Both real and fictional, including drawn or written word mediums are regulated under the same laws.[1]
