Delta Air Lines, who will be introducing WI-FI service on a number of its flights later this year, has changed their position on allowing passengers to view porn sites on their planes, according to an article printed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Delta’s original response to concerns from on-flight crew members about material that some might deem inappropriate being accessed online during flight was that flight attendants would be asked to deal with the issue on a case-by-case basis. However, further feedback from flight attendants and customers has caused the airline to alter their position on free and open web access on flights.

American Airlines began providing WI-FI service on flights on a trial basis last August. And though these same concerns were expressed to American’s management, the airline has not put any limits on the content that can be accessed online on their flights.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution story, Delta’s website censorship has not gone without its own criticism. Earlier this year, the Denver International Airport was criticized for its efforts to block sites that the airline believed to be offensive. The filtering technology used by Delta also wound up blocking non-porn sites such as Vanity Fair Magazine’s online home and celebrity gossip site Perzhilton.com.

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