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Over 2,000 Porn & Gambling sites blocked in UK
November 11, 2013
Press TV – A police force’s officers and staff in Britain have been blocked from websites with porn and gambling content 2,700 times in three months, a new report shows. According to figures, released on Monday under a Freedom of Information request by the BBC, the Devon and Cornwall police force’s computer systems prevented access to porn almost 700 times and gambling sites over 2,000 times from June to August 2013. The force said the “vast majority” of recorded blocks from pages with inappropriate content relate to pop-up advertisements on legitimate sites such as local newspapers. Deputy Chief Constable David…