The filming of pornography and the online distribution of sexual content are illegal. The production and distribution of pornography is illegal in Bulgaria. The first Bulgarian pornographic film was made in 1992. In the early 1990s pornographic magazines were sold at newsstands, pirated foreign pornographic videocassettes became available and foreign pornographic television stations were accessible. The abandonment of censorship in the early post-communist period resulted in pornography becoming widely available.
What pornographic materials there were (mostly magazines and videocassettes) were smuggled into the country.
In the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1990) pornography was only available to a comparatively limited number of people.
