An invitation to find out about better sex is spreading virally around Twitter – but only leads to identity theft and malware (updated x2, with video)
Charles Arthur
A direct message from the hacked PCC Twitter account. (Do NOT follow the link.)
Thousands of Twitter users have seen their accounts hijacked after a viral phishing attack which sends out messages saying “this you??” or “hey, i’ve been having better sex and longer with this here” and other sex-related “direct” messages.
Among those who fell victim were the Press Complaints Commission and the BBC correspondent Nick Higham - and the Guardian’s head of audio Matt Wells. Read more…
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Media regulator looks into £6m Bedtime Stories campaign after hundreds of complaints claim it is form of political advertising
Mark Sweney guardian
Bedtime Stories: the Act on CO2 TV ad. Photograph: DECC
Ofcom has launched an investigation into the government’s climate change TV campaign after receiving hundreds of complaints that it is a form of political advertising.
The media regulator has received about 700 complaints about the £6m TV campaign, Bedtime Stories, launched by the Department of Energy and Climate Change last October, with a significant number arguing the ad is a form of political advertising.
According to the Communications Act, the government is allowed to run advertising of a public service nature, such as warnings about obesity or drink driving, but is not allowed to run political ads that aim to “influence public opinion on a matter of public controversy”.
The climate-change campaign is already being separately investigated by the Advertising Standards Authority to see if it breaches the advertising code, after nearly 1,000 complaints. Read more…
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Too taut and too tanned, it’s Dale Winton. Illustration: www.jonathan-e.com
Dale Winton’s face has long been a thing of great wonder. That is to say, you can’t help but wonder how any human being can actually look like that. Too taut and too tanned, it’s like he’s robbed a bank but forgotten to take the stocking off, or he’s had his head wrapped in clingfilm and then held down momentarily on a hostess trolley. Obviously, with such a distinctive look it would take a very special job indeed for Dale to appear anything approaching, well, normal. But what’s this? It’s Cash For Gold! They want him on board! Part Antiques Roadshow, part Broadmoor, the Cash For Gold ad is a truly remarkable piece of film-making and features a cast that makes the gargoyles from Ocean Finance look like a Victoria’s Secret catwalk show.
The premise is thus: downtrodden folk simply send trinkets and heirlooms off in a “FREE BAG” and they’ll send you cash. It’s a doddle. Credit card bill to pay off? CASH MY GOLD! Prematurely bald, unshaven, and need £150 to buy your son a laptop (for £150?) CASH MY GOLD! Got some shiny tat that probably fell out of a Christmas cracker? CASH MY GOLD! And that’s the really weird thing. It seems Cash My Gold will take any old crap, as long it’s got some carats. Read more…
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Christine Pratt, bullying helpline founder, is now under his wing. Why would she choose anyone else?
Marina Hyde guardian
Max Clifford meets the press Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA WIRE
As Melvyn Bragg would have doubtless opened the dedicated South Bank Show tribute he will now never get, our subject this week needs no introduction. He bestrides the world of British news like a colossus, albeit one that is heavily galoshed, lest the tide of effluent in which he wades should sully his giant granite Hush Puppies. And yes, you are still meant to be reading this in Melvyn’s voice.
To him, suffering is like the bat signal. When even the sniff of it arises, it is as though someone has projected the words “Just shagged Ashley Cole – cash my gold?” across the Gotham skies, and this crusader knows that he must spring into action to protect citizens flailing in the no man’s land between ejaculation and a buy-up, all in accordance with a moral code that makes The Punisher look like Abraham Lincoln.
He is, of course, Max Clifford. Read more…
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The leaked report suggests the BBC’s website operation, including the iPlayer services, will be halved in size. Photograph: Jonathan Hordle / Rex Features
The BBC faced protests from listeners and presenters today after it emerged that it plans to close two radio stations and cut internet services as part of a strategic review which it says will lead to it investing hundreds of millions of pounds in new public service programming.
The cuts outlined in the report, Putting Quality First, include closing digital radio stations BBC 6 Music and the Asian Network, halving the size of the corporation’s sprawling internet operation, capping spending on TV sports rights, slashing expenditure on foreign shows such as Mad Men, and a selloff of BBC magazines such as Top Gear. Up to 600 BBC staff and freelancers could lose their jobs. The proposed cuts sparked a furious reaction, with #savebbc6music one of the most popular messages on Twitter and more than 60,000 people signing up to a Facebook page to rescue the digital radio station. Read more…
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