Now, British Boycotting Starbucks Over Allowing Children Access to Porn on its Free Wi-Fi

Children are at risk of being exposed to porn in their local Starbucks because the firm has failed to filter adult material from its free wi-fi. The coffee chain was warned a year ago that youngsters could see ‘the most obscene pornographic sites’ being viewed by other customers in their stores – but did nothing.

There are also concerns children could visit Starbucks to look at adult sites they are barred from seeing in their home.

The scandal was revealed just weeks after it emerged that the firm has paid no tax in the UK for the past three years – despite sales exceeding [$1.5] billion.

Baroness Massey, a former chairman of the Family Planning Association, told the House of Lords she was boycotting Starbucks over its failure to ‘set an example’ over access to web porn. She also called on the Government to write to all high street firms to remind them of their responsibility to filter out harmful material.

A minister told her he was ‘alarmed’ by the revelations. Costa Coffee, Starbucks’ main rival, pointed out that it blocks adult material over its stores’ wi-fi, while McDonald’s also applies a filter.

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