To think I should be concerned about this?

[2Earlgreysplease]

My teenage daughter regularly goes to the library to study at weekends and during holidays. Often there is a group of teenage girls sitting in the various study rooms working together. A little while ago she came home and told me that a man was using a library computer in the same room, and watching content she and her friends considered decidedly dodgy. They reported this to the library staff on duty. This member of staff then came into the room and asked the man out loud and in front of the girls if he could refrain from watching this as 'it is making the girls uncomfortable.'
I felt she handled this badly and I tried to speak to a member of staff about it but am still awaiting a call back - this is a while ago now. I assumed this issue had gone away as my daughter hasn't mentioned it since....
However, I happened to see a text ping in the other day from one of the other girls saying,' the creepy guy is back here again'.
I realise the public library is a space for everyone, but hearing this has alarmed me.
What would you do?

Yes complain via email and state you want written confirmation that this person user account has been checked and then blocked if he has been watching inappropriate content aor the computer if no login.

Although it does depend on the "dodgy"
content but id imagine what is suitable for observing in a public sphere in a public funded facility is pretty bland content -but how has he goes round the filters? -I'd also raise that that.

Also have a plan for girls to leave if he comes in and part of the thrill bill be the audience - grim

What on earth was the 'dodgy' content?

A friend of mine is a librarian and regularly has to ask men to leave for this. If they repeat offend they are blacklisted. All very common sadly.

Well what was the dodgy content? Bit coin or child pornography?

It's usually porn.

I'd have thought porn would be blocked in a library.

Me too. Surely they have some sort of screening?

Yes, all public libraries have appropriate filters such as Smoothwall. All access is filtered.

Why on earth isn't that library filtering?! They're asking for trouble, and would appear to be the only one not doing so!
That's very strange
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OP, ask the librarian how he managed to circumvent the filters.

The filters used will normally pick up unacceptable searches but if images are sent via email they can be opened

Did op confirm it was porn he was viewing?

Unlikely, the system would pick that up, too.

What was the dodgy content?

Yes it was porn of some sort, but not 'hardcore' more of the scantily clad women in poses type. So although they knew it was definitely not what he should be looking at whilst in a small room full of teenage girls, it may well have got through the filters. Apparently it was a library computer so he will have had to been signed in.

Yes, it's easy to stop this sort of thing nowadays. Public library computers aren't difficult to control in terms of usage.

From the way the staff member dealt with it (saying the girls felt uncomfortable, rather than saying stop looking at inappropriate websites) is it possible that it wasn’t porn at all but a lingerie type site? Not a great thing for looking at in public but could explain a few things. Also I’m not sure why you are alarmed that the man is back in the library? The text didn’t say he was on the website again do you do you think he should be banned from the library?