Scammers are targeting the X accounts of hacks and politicians across SW1. Nadhim Zahawi is the latest victim…
Esther Webber’s account was also compromised this morning. The messages are always the same, and it’s been going on for several weeks. Sometimes the account holder wrestles back control, sometimes they don’t…
The HM UK Government spent an eye-watering £36,825,288 of taxpayer cash on social media advertising in 2025. Got to keep the people updated on those U-turns somehow…
Labour spent the most amount of cash on Google adverts at £16 million, while TikTok spend ramped up in the final three months of the year to £259,102 in December. The central government didn’t spend any money on advertising on X. Presumably over its hatred of Elon Musk…
Paymaster-General Nick Thomas-Symonds insists “Digital and social media channels enable us to reach audiences more cost-effectively, delivering better value from communications budgets.” Right…
He’s back.
Jolyon has quietly reactivated his X account just over a month after announcing his dramatic departure. He promises in the resurrected account bio that the page is “no longer active and not monitored“. Except he’s already followed someone (Mike Burry) in the last 24 hours, so that’s not entirely true…
To be fair to the foxbeater, at least he held out longer than Jon Sopel – who only managed 24 hours off Musk’s platform. Sooner or later, they always return…
Government departments have been splashing thousands of taxpayer pounds on Musk’s X since Labour came into office, despite their wails of its ‘harmful’ content. Just a few weeks ago Starmer was threatening an ‘X ban’, with Ofcom promising to continue their investigation into the platform as “a matter of urgency”…
Wes Streeting’s Department for Health and Social Care splashed £39,096 last year alone on the platform. Since July 2024, the following departments have spent:
- Education: £27,118
- Housing and Local government: £153
- Transport: £780
- Foreign Office: £722
As Technology Secretary Liz Kendall admitted, X is where people get their news…
The self-appointed internet sheriffs at Ofcom have provided an update on their investigation into X over potential violations of the Online Safety Act. They confirm they’ve sent ‘legally binding information requests’, and remind everyone they can impose a fine if X fails to comply…
“…we are currently gathering and analysing evidence to determine whether X has broken the law, including using our formal information-gathering powers. The week after we launched our investigation, we sent legally binding information requests to X, to make sure we have the information we need from the company, and further requests continue to be sent.
Firms are required, by law, to respond to all such requests from Ofcom in an accurate, complete and timely way, and they can expect to face fines if they fail to do so.”
Ofcom adds that while it is not yet investigating Grok provider xAi, it is considering looking into how Grok managed age checks relating to pornography. It also insists the investigation is being prioritised “as a matter of urgency” given the public interest. Meanwhile the Parisian police are currently rifling through the bins over in X’s French offices…
Paris prosecutors’ cyber crime unit are raiding the French offices of Elon Musk’s X, with Musk himself summoned along with former X CEO Linda Yaccarino to a hearing in April. The raid is connected to a probe launched in January 2025 over ‘complaints’ about the social media platform’s algorithm. Here we go again…
When the investigation was expanded last July, X said:
“French authorities have launched a politically-motivated criminal investigation into X over the alleged manipulation of its algorithm and alleged “fraudulent data extraction.” X categorically denies these allegations.”
Europol is assisting the investigation. Developing…
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”
