McDonald's, Starbucks Block Customers From Visiting Porn Sites
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CHICAGO (CBSMiami/AP) — McDonald's and Starbucks will block customers from using their Wi-Fi to visit pornography websites.
The move follows a campaign from anti-pornography groups Enough is Enough and the National Center on Sexual Exploitation to demand the chains filter out pornography.
McDonald's said in a statement that Wi-Fi filtering has been activated in the majority of its nearly 14,000 restaurants nationwide. A spokesperson for Starbucks said it is implementing filtering once it can find a system that "also doesn't involuntarily block unintended content."
Enough is Enough President Donna Rice Hughes applauds the moves and says the organization plans to push other businesses and venues to filter their Wi-Fi.
The National Center for Sexual Exploitation said chains such as Chick-fil-A and Panera Bread already block porn on Wi-Fi.
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