Tocmag's mobile-joint video causes 'uproar'; cue millions of kids rushing to download...!

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Link: BBC NEWS | Technology | Mobile joint video causes stink

A mobile video showing how to “make the perfect joint” has been banned following a complaint from a teacher.

The video was accompanied by a six-page mobile magazine listing “the top ten activities to try when you’re caned”.

It was available for download to mobile phones via the Tocmag service that lets users download films to their handset.

While the video proved popular with teenagers, with an estimated 5,000 downloads, it went down less well with their teachers.

George Beckley – a maths teacher at Backwell School in North Somerset – overheard youngsters talking about the video and reported it to Tocmag.

It was removed although the Tocmag website has since been added to the school’s list of banned websites.

Interestingly, banning it from the school’s network isn’t going to do anything when almost every student has direct access to tocmag via mobile!

As Alex, who spotted the story comments

Just when someone finds a compulsive use for mobile video and targeting today’s ‘yoof’ market, it all goes up in smoke..>