LONDON – Around 160 requests a day were made in late 2017 to accesspornography websites from computers within the Houses of Parliament,Britain’s Press Association (PA) reported Monday.
A total of 24,473 attempts were made since last June’s general electionfrom devices connected to the parliamentary network, according to dataobtained by a PA Freedom of Information (FOI) request.
Prime Minister Theresa May is already reeling from a wave of sexualmisconduct allegations in Westminster.
She was forced to dump minister and long-time friend Damian Green lastmonth after he apparently misled police over claims pornography was foundon computers in his Westminster office in 2008.
The parliamentary internet network is used by MPs, Lords in the upper houseand their staff.
Authorities claim most attempts are not deliberate and point to a decreasein recent years.
Parliament blocked 113,208 attempts in 2016, down from 213,020 the previousyear.
“All pornographic websites are blocked by parliament’s computer network,” aparliamentary spokesman told PA.
“The vast majority of ‘attempts’ to access them are not deliberate.
“This data also covers personal devices used when logged on to parliament’sguest Wi-Fi.” AFP