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Tory MP Karl McCartney favourites NSFW bondage image of naked woman, denies all knowledge | Tory MP Karl McCartney favourites NSFW bondage image of naked woman, denies all knowledge |
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Someone cruising Lincoln MP Karl McCartney's Twitter favourites (as you do) this morning, discovered among tweets about positive goings-on in his constituency, an image of a woman tied to a bed wearing crotchless underwear. | Someone cruising Lincoln MP Karl McCartney's Twitter favourites (as you do) this morning, discovered among tweets about positive goings-on in his constituency, an image of a woman tied to a bed wearing crotchless underwear. |
It was a huge coup for rival Labour candidate Lucy Rigby, who tweeted a screen grab herself (but in her excitement forgot to censor it). | It was a huge coup for rival Labour candidate Lucy Rigby, who tweeted a screen grab herself (but in her excitement forgot to censor it). |
Been pointed out to me that I should've blurred image of our MP's pretty graphic Twitter favourites before posted - right & have deleted. | Been pointed out to me that I should've blurred image of our MP's pretty graphic Twitter favourites before posted - right & have deleted. |
Mr McCartney appeared to eventually realise what was happening and started rampantly unfavouriting tweets, not just the graphic one but all of them, putting his favourite-count back down to zero. | Mr McCartney appeared to eventually realise what was happening and started rampantly unfavouriting tweets, not just the graphic one but all of them, putting his favourite-count back down to zero. |
The nation awaited the explanation (hacking? a prank by an intern?) and one was sort of give at lunchtime, when Karl wrote... | The nation awaited the explanation (hacking? a prank by an intern?) and one was sort of give at lunchtime, when Karl wrote... |
Took time 2 reaccess @twitter following security changes.Followers know I tweet or retweet & don't use fav button.Thx to all who notified me | Took time 2 reaccess @twitter following security changes.Followers know I tweet or retweet & don't use fav button.Thx to all who notified me |
The MP seemed to imply that the favouriting was not done by him, which, if true, would surely make this one of the subtlest hacks on record. | The MP seemed to imply that the favouriting was not done by him, which, if true, would surely make this one of the subtlest hacks on record. |
Update: In a statement to The Independent, Mr McCartney said: | |
"It was brought to my attention earlier today by a number of people that a Twitter post from Lincoln Labour’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate showed a pornographic tweet and around 50 other random tweets had been ‘favourited’ on my Twitter account from the past four years. | |
I have removed all ‘favourites’ from my account, I have reset my password and those who follow me regularly on Twitter will know that I have never been into the practice of favouriting tweets or images in my 6-7 years on Twitter and stick to posting or retweeting in the main (25k+) including at times images of interesting cars I see whilst out campaigning. | |
I am writing today to Twitter to express my concern that six months from a General Election the security of Twitter accounts needs to be able to stand up to any malicious and salacious attempts to embarrass the account holder, I will await their reply with interest." |
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