[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I agree that on here most of us have probably gone too far with some of our comments about people on TV (I know that I have sadly) but the Media does have a responsibility to report the facts and only the facts, especially considering they have about 4 times the amount of people reading their headlines than people reading our posts on TIBB.

So when they're mocking Celebrities relentlessly, it does carry more weight, because lets face it did Caroline Flack even know that this Forum even exists? I highly doubt it.

I'm not saying that people on this Forum should be disrespectful to Celebrities or Reality TV Contestants because they're not very likely to read it, but lets face it, it'll be a very odd day if TIBB were even remotely responsible for a Celebrity to go and commit suicide.

Thing is Mock the press in the UK are highly regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) and IMPRESS (Independent Monitor for the Press)

They are closely scrutinized.


But anyone can publish on Twitter and Facebook/Insta as they have no independant regulator and dont come under UK law

Thankfully this Government just announced that the UK government will give Ofcom new regulatory powers to police what is posted on the internet. The decision was made as part of a new “online harms“ plan that ministers say will protect people as they use the internet.