Category Archives: Teh Interwebs
Tweet archive of @toryeducation, the abusive sock-puppet of Michael Gove and/or his SPADs
[TL:DR – Tories running the Department of Education sought to harangue and taunt their critics anonymously like playground bullies. Here is the evidence they tried to bury.] For over two years, an anonymous Twitter account endorsed by the Conservatives sought … Continue reading
Dennis Rice and his conduct as ‘@TabloidTroll’
Over two years ago, in April 2012 to be precise, I became aware of a Twitter account by an anonymous tabloid journalist: @tabloidtroll. While maintaining pretensions of whistle-blowing, @tabloidtroll actually sought to attack those outside the industry who highlighted or … Continue reading
Jeremy Ayre: music & lyrics
A missing student (15) has reportedly run away abroad with maths teacher Jeremy Forrest (30), who also writes, produces and performs music under the stage name ‘Jeremy Ayre‘. This morning, some of Jeremy Forrest/Ayre’s web presences have been disabled, but … Continue reading
New evidence: Dennis Rice the sole author of @tabloidtroll
——— IMPORTANT UPDATE: 2014 post detailing how Dennis Rice reacted to the evidence that he was the author of ‘@tabloidtroll’ ——— A few months ago, I asked Dennis Rice if he was the person behind @tabloidtroll, a twitter account used … Continue reading
Dennis Rice and the @TabloidTroll Twitter account
From the outset, I would like to make clear that I have both a legitimate personal and public interest argument for outing the author of the Twitter account @TabloidTroll (aka ‘tabloidman’) in that the account has been used (a) to … Continue reading
MessageSpace cannot be trusted with your personal data
I’ve recently had cause to submit a subject access request to the advertising network MessageSpace. After spending weeks dodging the issue, Jag Singh finally issued a cursory response, but ultimately refused to disclose the data he had earlier acknowledged I … Continue reading
The PR Transparency Project – Part 2: Operation ‘Big Stick’
Well, my scanner had flatbed kittens last week, but in the end this minor delay turned out to be a very good thing indeed. Not only did Tim Bell fail to offer any challenge to my publishing quite clearly (and … Continue reading
Tim Bell – rogues and vagabonds and bare… oh my!
My scanner is having some emotional problems right now (it’s never quite recovered from the mammoth task of scanning all those Page 3 girls) so formal recruitment and data distribution for The PR Transparency Project will be subject to a … Continue reading
The PR Transparency Project – Part 1: making an example of Tim Bell
After his company was caught secretly editing Wikipedia on behalf of some very unsavoury clients toward some no-less-unsavoury ends, Tim Bell has had the audacity to project this wrongdoing back onto Wikipedia and Teh Internets as a whole: James Thomlinson, … Continue reading
Open letter to Bell Pottinger
I have just sent this email to Bell Pottinger: From: Tim Ireland To: info@bell-pottinger.co.uk Date: Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 8:45 AM Subject: Your Wikipedia edits I think the most charming thing about the Wikipedia account of yours that I … Continue reading
