Melbourne, May 3: Now Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd faces the hazards of online social networking as he becomes the follower of pornographic communities through his official Twitter account.
A bare-breasted woman in handcuffs, an online adult super store and a pornographic blog were among dozens of dodgy accounts followed by the Prime Minister among his list of supporters, community groups and wife Therese Rein. An embarrassed spokesman for Mr Rudd admitted an automated program selected Twitter accounts for him to follow.
“While the Kevin PM Team try to monitor the follow backs, with more than 900,000 followers this is a very large task,” the spokesman said. To “follow” someone on Twitter usually requires a user to view and approve a profile. Other profiles followed by the PM include a gay resort in Phuket, blogs offering sex shows via webcams and an online store selling adult goods, reported heraldsun.Co.Au.
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Indian escapes Oz jail after false burn claims
Sydney, May 3: An Indian man who said he was set on fire by a group of men in Australia, following a spate of attacks on foreign students, was on Monday spared jail after admitting to making the claim up.
Jaspreet Singh, 28, pleaded guilty in Melbourne magistrates court to making a false report to the police over the January incident in which he was left with burns to 30 per cent of his body.
Singh had originally told the police he had been attacked by four men who poured petrol on him and set him alight. It later emerged he had burned himself after attempting to torch his own car to claim the insurance.