Gambling topped a list of rejected web use at the Department of Health and Social Care last year.
The Whitehall department’s filtering systems also rejected 239 attempts to access malicious or spyware sites and 135 defined as ‘sex, pornography’.
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The Whitehall department’s filtering systems also rejected 239 attempts to access malicious or spyware sites and 135 defined as ‘sex, pornography’.
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Attempted betting was followed by over 700 clicks for ‘anonymizer’ tools, which make internet activity untraceable, and 406 for peer-to-peer file sharing sites.
Online betting accounted for most denied access, with more than 2,000 detections in figures disclosed to @MetroUK
Online betting accounted for most denied access, with more than 2,000 detections in figures disclosed to @MetroUK
The list also includes 186 tries at logging onto ‘tasteless’ content and 126 of material defined as ‘illegal/questionable’, according to the data released under the Freedom of Information Act.
Another 15 concerned weapons and seven related to illegal drugs.
Gambling topped the list, with 2,081 requests blocked in 2020, up from 94 in the period between June and December 2019, the only other timeframe provided by the department in its response.
Gambling topped the list, with 2,081 requests blocked in 2020, up from 94 in the period between June and December 2019, the only other timeframe provided by the department in its response.
No attempts to access sexual or pornographic content were rejected in the seven months given for 2019, according to the data.
In total, there were 4,035 access attempts blocked by the department’s filtering systems last year.
In total, there were 4,035 access attempts blocked by the department’s filtering systems last year.
In April, @MetroUK revealed how more than 8,000 clicks to log on to banned websites were made at the Cabinet Office.
Filters rebuffed 356 attempts to access Pornhub, one of the world’s biggest adult sites, in the heart of government last year.
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Filters rebuffed 356 attempts to access Pornhub, one of the world’s biggest adult sites, in the heart of government last year.
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The @DHSCgovuk said it ‘does not have an accurate breakdown of figures from laptops’ and it did not answer the question of how many attempts had been successful. The data also contained the caveat that some figures include incorrectly categorised hits for legitimate sites.
‘We do not investigate who was behind the attempt as they are identified in the reporting system.
‘We do ensure that any genuine cases of violations of our Acceptable Usage Policy are escalated through the appropriate line manager chain even as these are unsuccessful attempts.‘
‘We do ensure that any genuine cases of violations of our Acceptable Usage Policy are escalated through the appropriate line manager chain even as these are unsuccessful attempts.‘
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