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‘UK parliament computers click porn sites over 20,000 times a month’

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Newly revealed data shows UK parliament computers visited pornographic websites at least 247,000 times last year, according to a Freedom of Information (FOI) query.

The FOI report says the visits to X-rated websites from the UK parliament’s computer network saw a spike during the parliamentary recess in April.

Attempts to access more than 42,000 sites classed as pornographic were made during April alone last year, totaling more than 1,300 each day, RT quoted the figures. 

The Freedom of Information request by the Daily Express found the second most active month was October 2014, where there were more than 30,000 attempts to access porn sites.

The figures do not show which sites were accessed or how long was spent on the pages.

The findings add to the previous total of 350,000 in 2013.

Responding to the publication of the new figures by the Express, a spokesperson for the House of Commons reportedly said there were “clear boundaries” in place to “discourage inappropriate use” of its servers.


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