A few years ago we read about Starbucks taking a stand against concerned crybabies who wanted them to filter internet access in their cafes. The coffee giant decided their patrons were free to do whatever they wanted on the internet so long as it wasn’t illegal, and parents were equally free to parent their own children.
It was a victory for everyone who likes to look at a dick or two with their morning cuppa.
Whether they were protecting people’s freedoms or just being too lazy to implement a nationwide policy, we appreciated Starbucks’ respect for our digital rights- at least up until right now.
Under pressure from anti-porn groups like Enough is Enough and the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, McDonald’s and Starbucks have agreed to filter pornography from the free Wi-Fi in all of their restaurants. The activist groups involved hope the move will help protect children and families from being exposed to sexual content and other cool things on the internet.
According to the National Center of Sexual Exploitation boring restaurants like Panera and Chick-fil-A already block porn on their Wi-Fi. Organizations like this consider the move by McDonald’s and Starbucks to be another victory in the fight against, uh, people seeing a sexual image when they don’t want to.
We saw a similar move by city planners in New York City who filtered porn from free Wi-Fi terminals in Times Square to thwart horny homeless men from browsing erotic content. They felt it wasn’t good for the children of tourists and locals to see people without homes browsing porn in broad daylight.
However, while public porn browsing was a problem in New York, we don’t really know if it was an ongoing problem that warranted action by Starbucks. I never heard about it until these people brought it up and I search for porn news every day- nobody gets aroused in a news worthy way without me finding out.
Sexual exploitation is a horrible thing and it would be impossible to argue against any measure that can stop it. That being said, forcing fast food restaurants to ban porn doesn’t really solve a problem and is simply a knee jerk reaction by a group who took it upon themselves to police other people’s morals.
C’est la vie.
While McDonalds may be implementing their ban immediately, Starbucks is taking time to make sure a proper filter is used that doesn’t accidentally block content that doesn’t need to be blocked. As a blogger for an adult website who has at one time worked from a coffee shop, I appreciate their effort.
What’s porn to one person may be another’s bread and butter.
Image: Samantha Saint in Cup of Ho by Brazzers
Via abcnews.go.com
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