I have occasionally expressed the view here that British newspapers are not entirely to be trusted. This is rarely more the case than when they are talking about young people and the Internet. Some of you may remember a few months back a story about a young girl who held a party while her parents were away and advertised it on Facebook, with the result that it was gatecrashed by a huge drunken mob and the house was trashed. Well today The Guardian reports that the girl’s mother has successfully sued eight newspapers and Sky News because most of the story was a complete fabrication. They didn’t even manage to get the social networking site right: the party was advertised on Bebo, not Facebook. And the damage to the house was minimal.

I remember seeing some people blogging about this story when it first broke. Hopefully those who did so will see this too.