On March 16, 2015, Enough Is Enough (EIE) sent a stack of 46,500 petition signatures and the names of our 75 prestigious partnering organizations that comprise the National P*rn Free WiFi Coalition, to the CEO's of McDonald's and Starbucks urging them to filter both child p*rn and p*rn on their WiFi services.
McDonald's and Starbucks are hoping we will go away, but with your financial support, we will crank up the pressure instead!
Last week, I did a TV interview with Milwalkee's WISN 12 News station who joined us in our efforts and pressed Starbucks and McDonald's for a response:
"WISN 12 News reporter Kent Wainscott went to an area McDonald's to check it out.
Wainscott didn't access any inappropriate websites, but simply searched and turned up the same links that any teen could access from pornography to sites selling synthetic drugs to even a site police say is used for human trafficking."
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TV reporter's screenshot of content at viewed McDonald's.
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"Can you imagine, mom brings her four kids in to get a Happy Meal, and there's a man sitting next to them looking at very hard-core extreme material? That's not good for anyone," Hughes said.
"It's been in the last year where this particular group, Enough is Enough has been more and more vocal," Marquette University professor Scott D'Urso said.
D'Urso said the group is turning up the heat on those big name companies, forcing them to weigh the service they provide their customers against a very public call for change.
WISN 12 News reached out to both McDonald's and Starbucks, and both said they will continue to offer free and unfiltered Wi-Fi.
Neither Starbucks nor McDonalds' answered WISN 12 News' specific questions, but they did issue statements.
A Starbucks spokesman said, "While we don't have a specific enterprise-wide, global policy on what customers can and cannot access on our free in-store Wi-Fi, we do reserve the right to stop any behavior that interferes with our customer experience."
McDonald's said, "We are always open to continuous improvement and will take the issues raised under advisement. McDonald's and our independent owner-operators share a commitment to providing a safe environment for our customers." Watch the TV interview here.
Friends, we need to turn up the heat! We've gotten their attention and now its time to move to the next step.
The media can help us make this campaign headline news. These types of campaigns are a marathon, not a sprint and they cost money.
We need to raise $50,000 in the next 30 days to step up our national campaign, plan a press conference and hire a media relations firm to help us keep up the pressure.
Will you support us with a generous financial gift to take us to the next level in our campaign?
WISN 12 News ended their story with this, "In the Meanwhile, the group, Enough is Enough, will continue its effort to get the companies to change their policies and has even launched an online petition drive."
Folks, I need to hear from you soon. Thank you in advance for standing with us and if you haven't already signed the P*rn Free WiFi petition... please do so now, sign up here.
For the sake of the children and families,
