Sunday Round Up: NBC, Facebook, Talk Talk, ITV, Disney Institute
This weekend we cover NBC's Twitter account being hacked with false reports of Ground Zero attacks, Facebook working with the German Government to create a social media code of conduct, and ITV is forced to apologise for Rugby World Cup broadcast.
The Twitter account of NBC News has been hacked with a series of reports about attacks on Ground Zero in New York being posted as a result, reports the Daily Mail website. 'Flight 4782 is not responding, suspected hijacking. One plane just hit Ground Zero site at 5:47. #groundzeroattacked,' said one tweet.
Facebook will work with the German government to create a code of conduct which will govern privacy on social networking sites. The BBC reports that Google will also be involved in the plan to improve discovering information and interaction online.
Talk Talk’s group commercial director has criticised the investment that rival BT is making in fibre optic broadband, claiming it will create a monopoly. The Observer reports that David Goldie said that BT is looking to claim back its monopoly that it held and that it wouldn’t represent value for money to the taxpayer.
ITV has been forced to apologise after a foul-mouthed rant was broadcast during the Rugby World Cup England v Argentina match. A rant by England’s James Haskell during the match was picked up by a microphone and broadcast live, according to the Mail on Sunday.
Senior figures from the Disney Institute have been invited by creative firm Thinktastic to a seminar in Edinburgh next month. The seminar will hear how the Institute works and the work methods and techniques it implements, says Scotland on Sunday.