The high street chain openly advertised titles with disturbingly graphic content on its website, right next to children’s literature.
Typing the word ‘daddy’ into the search box, for instance, brings up disturbing fictional accounts of bondage and sexual humiliation, as well as collections of bedtime stories for youngsters.
After The Mail on Sunday alerted WHSmith to the appalling content freely available on its website, executives took the unprecedented decision to take the whole site offline while the explicit ebooks were removed from sale.
‘We will tighten our processes to ensure that this error can never happen again and sincerely apologise to our customers for any offence caused,’ the company said in a statement...
The small print is that these came from third-party sellers online - and are not illegal.
But anyway, never trust anyone who wants to ban books.
But anyway, never trust anyone who wants to ban books.
Little parlour game: Although it's far from being a scientific test, if you search for '50 Shades Of Grey' on Mail Online, it brings up over 500 results.
There are slightly more for stories marked 'incest'.
And as for "All grown up" - which the Mail Online often uses with sexy photos of girls close to the age of consent... blimey!
They are also rather keen on running detailed stories about older women who've had sex with schoolboys.
Though perhaps the Daily Mail are just giving their readers what they want?
PS Mail watchers will know they've been getting very angry about the "pornification" of pop recently.
And particularly the egregious influence of 'Miley Cyrus twerking'.
With disgusting pics!
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