The future's bleak: Orange staff sacked for porn

By Will Sturgeon, 1 September 2000 15:15

NEWS Mobile phone giant Orange has sacked dozens of members of staff for circulating pornographic material downloaded from the internet. A spokeswoman for Orange confirmed that between 30 and 40 UK employees at its offices in Hertford and call centres in the North-East have been dismissed following a lengthy investigation into the abuse of internet and email services. Details of the investigation were not disclosed, though the spokeswoman confirmed the police had not been informed at this stage.

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