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Home Office website links to porn | Home Office website links to porn |
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The Home Office has removed a link from its website after being alerted by the BBC that it linked to what appeared to be a Japanese pornography site. | The Home Office has removed a link from its website after being alerted by the BBC that it linked to what appeared to be a Japanese pornography site. |
The link was on a page providing information about the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism. | The link was on a page providing information about the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism. |
A link - that was supposed to go to a body called the Technical Advisory Board - actually went to a porn site. | A link - that was supposed to go to a body called the Technical Advisory Board - actually went to a porn site. |
The Home Office said that the site it was linking to had become defunct and been bought by a different company. | The Home Office said that the site it was linking to had become defunct and been bought by a different company. |
I contacted the Home Office press office, and provided them with the first news of this embarrassing glitch Rory Cellan-Jones dot.life blog | |
A Home Office spokeswoman said there would be an investigation into the matter. | A Home Office spokeswoman said there would be an investigation into the matter. |
The link was spotted by Mike Riley, who was trying to find out about new regulations that come in today, which oblige internet service providers to store details of user e-mails and internet phone calls. | The link was spotted by Mike Riley, who was trying to find out about new regulations that come in today, which oblige internet service providers to store details of user e-mails and internet phone calls. |
He contacted the BBC after visiting the Home Office website and noticing the link to the Japanese site. | He contacted the BBC after visiting the Home Office website and noticing the link to the Japanese site. |