Government disciplines 227 over internet porn

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The UK's Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said yesterday that it had fired 16 employees and disciplined over 200 others who had accessed internet porn at work. The DWP began investigating internet abuse in December.

Over two million pornographic web pages had been accessed by DWP civil servants in the eight months since the investigation began, according to The Sun, which broke the story. One civil servant had since been convicted for downloading child porn and the police were investig... (255 more words)

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