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UK NEWS: TEENAGERS ARRESTED AFTER SENDING RACIST TWITTER MESSAGES TO NEWCASTLE UNITED PLAYER SAMMY AMEOBI

November 3, 2011

First QPR player Anton Ferdinand, then X-Factor contestant Derry and now Premier League player Sammy Ameobi. It’s been a good year so far for the black man. *sarcasm*. Via The Daily Mail Police have arrested two teenagers in  connection with racist abuse posted on a Premier League footballer’s Twitter  account. Sammy Ameobi, 19, who plays for Newcastle United alongside older brother Shola, was called a ‘n****r’ after the footballer  tweeted a photo of a black pair of boots. Ameobi, who broke into the first team at the  […]

TWEETS OF THE DAY: X-FACTOR CONTESTANT DERRY

October 5, 2011

X-Factor (UK) contestant/ The Risk group member Derry Mensah begs famous faces for a ‘follow backs’ on Twitter. @rioferdy5 rio give me a follow back please you gave me a cool tweet last month its derry from xfactor cheers bro, tweet me wen you can — DEZMENSA @LFC (@DerryTheRisk) October 5, 2011 @WayneRooney yoooooo wayne give us a tweet/follow its Derry from factor — DEZMENSA @LFC (@DerryTheRisk) October 5, 2011 @Eminem yooo bro let me be your 1st follower? — DEZMENSA @LFC […]

TWITTER NEWS FLASH OF THE DAY: RAPPER GIGGS’ TWITTER ACCOUNT ‘HACKED’

July 6, 2011

Could this be the work of News International? Could they be behind this latest “hacking scandal”?   Giggs Twitter @sn1giggs has been hacked and we are trying to sort it out now… so spread the word.. thanks — Buck (@buckotb) July 6, 2011   But on a serious note for those of you who haven’t already read about Rupert Murdoch’s corporation News International and the serious allegations that they now face click HERE to read all about it.

UK NEWS: EASTENDERS STAR BUNMI MOJEKWU (MERCI) AND RAPPER AMPLIFY DOT ‘TRADE BLOWS’ VIA TWITTER

June 30, 2011

I came across our latest UK Twitter “spat” over at Pappzd.com earlier today, and from what I gather it all started when female emcee Amplify Dot tweeted that Eastenders star Bunmi Mojekwu (who plays Merci in the soap) “is wedge” (meaning thick). But this didn’t go down too well with Bunmi.  Click HERE to read. Then came the insults and to my surprise Bunmi held her own. Click HERE to read more. But it was the remarks below from Amplify that caught my attention. @BoeBrown yeah but your hardly Albert Square's eye candy […]

UK NEWS: TWITTER WILL NOTIFY USERS ACCUSED OF GAGGING ORDER BREACHES

May 25, 2011

Via The Guardian Twitter will notify its users before handing their personal information to UK authorities seeking to prosecute them over alleged breaches of privacy injunctions, a senior executive at the company said on Thursday. Asked about the escalating dispute over gagging orders in Britain, Twitter’s general manager of European operations, Tony Wang, said: “Platforms should have responsibility not to defend the user, but to protect that user’s right to defend him or herself.” Twitter was thrown into the centre of the […]

UK NEWS: TV STAR FIRST TO FACE JAIL OVER TWEETS AFTER PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALLER CLAIMS THEY BREACH INJUNCTION

May 22, 2011

Via The Daily Mail A journalist on one of Britain’s most respected newspapers – who also appears on a widely-viewed BBC programme – could face a jail sentence after naming on Twitter a Premier League footballer who had taken out a privacy injunction. In the first case of its kind, lawyers for the soccer star have persuaded a High Court judge to ask Attorney General Dominic Grieve QC to consider a criminal prosecution against the writer for breaching a privacy injunction. If […]

UK NEWS: FORMER BIG BROTHER STAR MAKOSI RACIALLY ABUSED ON TWITTER

May 4, 2011

Former Big Brother star Makosi Musambasi was left shocked and distressed after being racially abused on Twitter last night by some random who a long with some next random both seem to have far too much time on their hands.   http://twitter.com/#!/Morton457_/status/65231400009338880 Can u guys believe #cyberracism — MAKHOSI (@MAKOSI) May 3, 2011 http://twitter.com/#!/Jayzo9/status/65525577691574272 The Zimbabwean who made a name for herself after appearing on reality show Big Brother in 2005 later told website Pappzd Its really unfortunate that’s the world we live in! We see racism in football we see it on TV […]

TWITTER RANT OF THE DAY – KOJO THE COMEDIAN

March 27, 2011

Only a stupid comedian with no jokes would go on stage & spend their whole set talking about how much money they make! — KOJO (@OfficialKojo) March 27, 2011 Why go on stage and spend your whole set bragging about the celebrities you think you know? Tell some bloody jakes!!! — KOJO (@OfficialKojo) March 27, 2011 When you get on TV it becomes harder as expectations grow! Concentrate on your craft rather than telling people how much your weave costs! — KOJO […]

SINGER SEAL GOES IN TO MAJOR RANT AFTER BEING CALLED ‘UGLY’ ON TWITTER

February 25, 2011

Singer Seal lost his cool after being called “ugly” last night on Twitter. Judging from his reaction it seems that the mean spirited person who called him “ugly” hit a raw nerve. “@JaySeanFansNY: @Seal is ugly. #Sorry.” let me see, the most beautiful wife on the planet,four equally beautiful kids, an outstanding….. — Seal (@Seal) February 24, 2011 “@JaySeanFansNY: @Seal is ugly. #Sorry.”career lasting 20yrs, a Grammy this yr now totaling 5. You, on the other hand,…. — Seal (@Seal) February 24, 2011 “@JaySeanFansNY: @Seal is ugly. […]

UK NEWS: CHRIS EVANS APOLOGISES FOR OFFENSIVE JOKE

June 17, 2010

South Africa is hosting the biggest show on earth (The World Cup) and now here come the jokes…. Via The Guardian TV/radio personality Chris Evans has apologised for posting a joke about poverty in Africa and the World Cup on Twitter. Evans retweeted a joke about African football fans and the noisy horns known as vuvuzelas that had been circulating on the micro-blogging site. “Apologies for last retweet didn’t read it properly,” he said. “Never meant to offend. Not funny at all.” […]