Pornography Easily Accessed Through Starbucks Wi-Fi, Say UK Citizens

By: American Decency Staff

 

Coffee house giant Starbucks is at the center of a growing controversy in the United Kingdom over reports that the available Wi-Fi is not filtered, potentially allowing children to access explicit content.

Reports coming from the U.K. reveal that the coffee house chain was cautioned about the potential problem of kids being able to access pornographic and other explicit websites while using the Wi-Fi provided at many of Starbucks' locations worldwide.

Baroness Massey, a former chairman of the Family Planning Association, expressed her concern over the issue during a recent session in the House of Lords when she called on the government to remind both domestic and international companies that allow these types of services to take the necessary steps to protect children.

"In Starbucks, anyone can have full access to anything the internet has to offer including the most obscene websites," Massy said in a statement.

Retailers, such as McDonald's, have already taken the appropriate steps to ensure that explicit content cannot be accessed through their networks.

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