Starbucks will block porn on free Wi-Fi starting next year

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The coffee chain is now adding content filters to its free Wi-Fi that will block patrons from watching explicit content in stores

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Though watching porn has also been prohibited at the store, Starbucks has said it will finally introduce the content blockers in 2019 to make the content inaccessible.

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The move comes after years of pressure from non-profit Internet safety organization Enough is Enough, which called on the corporate coffee chain to censor the content, claiming its open Internet access allows sex offenders to break the law with impunity.

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"having unfiltered hotspots also allows children and teens to easily bypass filters and other parental control tools set up by their parents on their smart phones, tablets, and laptops,”

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"By breaking its commitment, Starbucks is keeping the doors wide open for convicted sex offenders and others to fly under the radar from law enforcement and use free, public Wi-Fi services to access illegal child porn and hard-core pornography,"

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Starbucks said the decision was made to ensure the coffee shop remains a safe place for all and that people rarely use the public Wi-Fi to view explicit content.

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Pornography website, YouPorn, said in an internal memo they will be updating their company policy to ban all Starbucks products from its offices beginning January 1, 2019

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