Backlash (pressure group)

{{short description|UK group opposing the 2008 law criminalising possession of "extreme pornography"}}

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Backlash is an umbrella group formed in 2005 to coordinate opposition to the “Consultation on the possession of extreme pornographic material” issued in the United Kingdom jointly by the Home Office and the Scottish Executive. Its stated belief is that the proposals underlying the consultation represent an unjustified assault on freedom of speech and freedom of expression.{{cite web |title=Backlash – Defending freedom of expression and sexual autonomy |url=https://www.backlash.org.uk/ |website=www.backlash.org.uk |accessdate=16 June 2018}}

"See no evil" was a forum and wiki{{huh|date=November 2023}} provided by Backlash as an independent platform for the discussion of the proposed UK law on the possession of "extreme pornography".{{cite web|title=The defunct Backlash Smartgroup posts have now been archived|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414095551/http://www.seenoevil.org.uk/|url=http://www.seenoevil.org.uk/|archive-date=14 April 2008|publisher=Backlash}}

The group receives{{as of?|date=March 2025}} pro bono legal advice from the lawyer Myles Jackman.{{cite web|url=http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/support-services/events/excellence-awards/previous-winners/2012-winners/junior-lawyer-of-the-year-2012/|title=Junior Lawyer of the Year 2012|year=2012|publisher=The Law Society|accessdate=9 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617015258/http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/support-services/events/excellence-awards/previous-winners/2012-winners/junior-lawyer-of-the-year-2012/|archive-date=17 June 2018|url-status=dead}}