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Starbucks says it'll block porn on its public Wi-Fi next year
For years, Starbucks has caught flak for not preventing its customers from watching porn on its in-store Wi-Fi. Now the coffee retailer says that next year it will introduce a filter that prevents customers from viewing porn and other explicit material in stores, as first reported by Business Insider.
[...] This week, Enough Is Enough CEO Donna Rice Hughes said Starbucks had failed to protect its customers and follow through with its plan to block explicit content. "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," she said.
A petition from Enough Is Enough said that public Wi-Fi networks "are attracting pedophiles and sex offenders" and put children at risk.
(Score: 5, Informative) by driverless on Thursday November 29 2018, @11:51AM (10 children)
Public transport networks "are attracting pedophiles and sex offenders" and put children at risk.
Libraries "are attracting pedophiles and sex offenders" and put children at risk.
Malls "are attracting pedophiles and sex offenders" and put children at risk.
Religions "are attracting pedophiles and sex offenders" and put children at risk.
Schools "are attracting pedophiles and sex offenders" and put children at risk.
In fact, $any_arbitrary_noun "are attracting pedophiles and sex offenders" and put children at risk. Just to be safe, we'd better ban anything that can be labelled with a noun in order to protect the children.
(Score: 5, Touché) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday November 29 2018, @04:04PM (6 children)
Wouldn't it be easier to just ban children?
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2, Funny) by pkrasimirov on Thursday November 29 2018, @04:37PM (1 child)
Best ban sex offenders and problem solved.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by bob_super on Thursday November 29 2018, @05:35PM
If they're stupid enough to watch child porn in a public place, the problem should solve itself reasonably quickly...
(Score: 2) by edIII on Thursday November 29 2018, @08:51PM (2 children)
You channeled my grandfather perfectly :)
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Friday November 30 2018, @05:48AM (1 child)
But it seems that he didn't practice what he preached.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday December 01 2018, @12:05PM
Some people gotta learn their lessons by experience.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by DannyB on Thursday November 29 2018, @09:46PM
Believe me. Starbucks is not nearly as bad as visiting Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World. I much prefer Epcot instead. Magic Kingdom has children roaming the streets in packs -- without leashes or muzzles!
Even the Starbucks in the Magic Kingdom (on Main Street USA) has children in line with their parents.
Of course, twenty some odd years ago when I took my daughter to Magic Kingdom, I thought of children differently. But that is because things were . . . um, just different.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by VLM on Thursday November 29 2018, @07:37PM (2 children)
Your list is pretty much a list of white privilege, so I suspect suppression of those features might have a goal other than 'saving children'.
I don't think we have to worry about non-white areas being tagged as "attracting pedophiles and sex offenders" for racial/political reasons. "Refugees Welcome" signs will never be targeted although they're obviously far more dangerous to kids.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 29 2018, @10:58PM (1 child)
Fuck off with that SJW bullshit.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @03:07AM
Learn to spot sarcasm