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No more porn watching over the Starbucks Wi-Fi network.

Starbucks will begin blocking porn in their stores. After much criticism in recent years of the passivity shown by one of the most popular coffee chains in the world, with nearly 30,000 establishments operating throughout the globe, the firm has decided to end the reprehensible behavior that was through the public Wi-Fi networks of its premises.
Business Insider India, which reveals Starbucks plans to begin implementing a tool that blocks access to pornographic content to those who want to access it using the wireless networks of its stores. The decision comes after a petition launched by the non-profit and Internet-centric Enough Is Enough platform, which has collected more than 26,000 signatures asking the chain to regulate the use of Wi-Fi to prevent these behaviors.
Donna Rice Hughes, CEO of Enough is Enough, has ensured that the company's inaction on the matter "keeps the doors open for convicted sex offenders and others to be able to fly under police radar and use free Wi-Fi services -Fi to access illegal child pornography and pornography. "
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Starbucks has recognized that the display of this type of content, although prohibited through its public networks, occurs occasionally, which has prompted the development of the aforementioned blocking tool. The company has not provided more information about its operation or exactly what it will consist of, but it will be starting next year when it starts to officially deploy. This will end with behaviors such as those described by Rice Hughes regarding obtaining illegal content and, in addition, will also be of help to parents. According to the CEO, "Having unfiltered access points also allows children and adolescents to easily bypass the filters and other parental control tools set up by their parents on their smartphones, tablets and laptops." H. T.