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300,000 attempts to view porn in UK's Houses of Parliament... -

300,000 attempts to view porn in UK's Houses of Parliament... - 



More than 300,000 attempts were made to access pornographic websites at the Houses of Parliament in the past year, according to official records.

The revelations will be awkward for David Cameron who has demanded that internet service providers do more to stop children viewing inappropriate content

MPs, peers and staff at the Houses of Parliament have tried to access ‘adult’ websites using their work computers 309,316 times over the past year, according to official figures.

Almost 850 attempts to click on pornographic websites were blocked each day, the Daily Mirror reports.

The revelations will be awkward for David Cameron who has demanded that internet service providers do more to stop children viewing inappropriate content online.

A response to a Freedom of Information request uncovered the number of staff trying to access adult content online between May 2012 and July this year.

One particularly popular site was “Out of Town Affairs”, a dating site for those wanting to engage in extra-marital affairs, which garnered 52,000 hits in seven months.

Westminster computers were prevented from accessing sex sites 114,844 times last November alone and on 55,552 in April, while February saw just 15 and in June officials blocked 397 attempts.

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