London: Around 160 requests a day were made in late 2017 to access pornography websites from computers within the Houses of Parliament, Britain’s Press Association (PA) reported on Monday.
A total of 24,473 attempts were made since last June’s general election from devices connected to the parliamentary network, according to data obtained by a PA Freedom of Information (FOI) request.
A Parliamentary spokesman said of the figures: “All pornographic websites are blocked by Parliament’s computer network.
“The vast majority of ‘attempts’ to access them are not deliberate. The data shows ‘requests’ to access websites, not visits to them,” he said.
“There are 8500 computers on the parliamentary network, which are used by MPs, peers, their staff and staff of both Houses.
“This data also covers personal devices used when logged on to Parliament’s guest Wi-Fi.”
A separate (FOI) request showed there were also at least 2,751,755 attempts to access blocked websites on the parliamentary network from January to October this year.
