Last autumn, the Home Office began a consultation process on plans to strengthen the criminal law and make it illegal to look at selected extreme adult images.

The government concedes there is no evidence that images such as those on spoof necrophilia site, Necrobabes, or on BDSM chat sites like bondage.com are linked to or cause violence.

Nonetheless and even if no crime has been committed in making the image, the Home Office has suggested people should be imprisoned for up to three years for looking at pictures they think are abhorrent.

Simply for looking at a picture...

Since its inauguration, the group has encouraged people to participate in the consultation process and advised people on how to lobby groups like Liberty and Justice as well as their MPs.

It also paid for the opinion of leading Human Rights lawyer Rabinder Singh who said the proposals as they stand would breach Human Rights law.

As a result of all the campaigning, the Home Office agreed to meet with a number of organisations to discuss concerns and has agreed that the original proposals may have been too far-reaching.

You could even be prosecuted for looking at pictures you have taken of yourself in your own home.

The key point is that even if no-one was harmed, even if an image is legal to publish you could be breaking the law -- if indeed it comes to pass.

And worst of all, you might not even know what you did wrong until its too late.

Following police action over the recent child porn laws people are also nervous about signing up to subscriber sites as they fear their credit card details will be handed over to the police.

. "Although the law isn't passed yet, I wouldn't be surprised if the police weren't gathering internet logs and credit card transactions in anticipation of the bill going through," said one man who has stopped looking at 'erotic horror' in anticipation of any proposals.

"Even if they aren't yet, I would bet that it is the first thing they will do if the bill is successful."

"It is likely that an individual will find it difficult to assess under the legislation whether he/she is committing a criminal act by viewing particular material. The effect of that uncertainty may be that the individual feels he/she cannot risk looking at any pornography at all, however mild." -- Rabinder Singh QC.

The man -- who wants to remain anonymous -- said he had never considered the obviously fake images he prefers could lead to him being arrested, tried and possibly placed on the Sex Offenders register. But if these proposals become law that is exactly what could happen.

The Home Office will publish the results of the consultation sometime over the next few months. This will give some indication on how far-reaching the government intends these proposals to be.

For more information and to find out how you can help the campaign, go to www.backlash-uk.org.uk