Porn, knives and drugs websites accessible on most public Wi-Fi

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	Porn, knives and drugs websites accessible on most public Wi-Fi (theguardian.com)
	1 points by cveigt 4644 days ago

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More than half of cafes and restaurants in the UK do not filter access to online stores selling things like knives and swords

As an American, I find this concern absolutely bizarre. Do the authors also censure sites selling baseball bats[1] as well?

Uh, what? "Oh no, you can access the internet!"

I guess I'm glad we don't live in (quite) that much of a nanny state, but sheesh.

And almost 100% of public libraries offer recipes for bombs, nukes and murder to terrorists and teenagers.

The horror