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Starbucks Fails To Block Internet Porn: Free Wi-Fi In Its Cafes Putting Youngsters At Risk

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MAILONLINE.COM - 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 £1billion.

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. click here to read more