Starbucks to ban access to porn from free wi-fi in US

Starbucks has announced it will block access to pornography on its free wi-fi in all its US outlets from 2019. "While it rarely occurs, the use of Starbucks public Wi-Fi to view illegal or egregious content is not, nor has it ever been permitted," Starbucks said in a statement reported by BuzzFeed News. The coffee company said it had "Identified a solution" to stop access to pornography in all in US locations by 2019, but did not specify what this solution was. "Starbucks continues to serve up free, unrestricted WiFi to its customers, opening the door for patrons to view graphic or obscene pornography, view or distribute child pornography or engage in sexual predation activity," the statement read. The group encouraged people to sign a petition demanding Starbucks introduce such a filter. In response, entertainment news site TMZ reports that pornography website YouPorn has banned Starbucks coffee from its offices.

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