People who post offensive messages on websites such as Twitter while drunk only to delete them when they sober up are unlikely to face criminal prosecution, the director of public prosecutions said. In guidelines which came into force yesterday, Keir Starmer said he was concerned that prosecuting people for writing "offensive, shocking or disturbing" messages would have a "chilling effect" on free speech.

Google has been given a month to address complaints its search results favour its own services over those of its rivals. EU regulators said they would end their investigation into the allegations if Google came "forward with a detailed commitment text in January 2013". If found guilty of breaching anti-trust rules, Google could face a fine of up to $4 billion (GBP2.5 billion).

The BBC "was thrown into disarray" by errors which appeared in a blog post by Newsnight editor Peter Rippon regarding the dropped Jimmy Savile Newsnight investigation, according to an independent report published today. The Pollard Review, carried out by former head of Sky News Nick Pollard, was set up to look into "whether there were any failings in the BBC's management of the relevant investigation".

The publisher of Marie Claire, InStyle and NME, has launched a promotional campaign in the UK aimed at encouraging consumers to sample its digital editions. The campaign offers consumers a 30-day free trial of any IPC digital edition on iPad and Kindle Fire, and a 14-day trial for Nook editions. There is no limit to how many titles consumers can trial and the promotion ends on Jan. 30.

The Guardian Audio Edition will be hosted by columnist Jonathan Freedland. The hour-long audios, produced by the Guardian's multimedia team, are being launched in conjunction with audible.co.uk. The audios will contain reviews from content available from Audible.co.uk, the UK's largest provider of digital audiobooks. Reviews will be hosted by Guardian News & Media's books editor Claire Armitstead and Guardian books writer Richard Lea.

The country that was long addicted to its aging Minitel national computer information network is also the unlikely market leader in the world of internet TV adoption. IPTV adoption in France is greater than anywhere in the world - and becoming more so. But that doesn't mean the French consume the most internet video. Here is why its market is failing to take advantage.

At least 27 people have been held by police for rioting in Sweden, after photos of children were posted on Instagram alongside sexual insults. The account is alleged to have been set up by a teenage girl who attends the Plusgymnasiet school in Gothenburg. It asked people to send in photos and allegations of the person's sexual history, publishing about 200 of them.

A new top-level web domain, .christmas, was expected to be among the first of 1,000 new internet suffixes to launch in the 12 months from April next year. But it narrowly missed out in a hotly-anticipated lottery in Los Angeles on Monday night, coming out of the virtual hat at the 1,290th pick. That means .christmas is unlikely to appear online until late 2014.

Global youth media company VICE has announced the acquisition of iconic style publication i-D. VICE will now seek to increase i-D's print circulation and expand its audience both online and offline. The deal brings together the youth brand with one of fashion's most creative and influential publications.

People in the City of London will soon have free wireless internet access after operator The Cloud said it would stop charging for its Wi-Fi service. Currently The Cloud operates a wireless network across the square mile, but it is only free of charge for 15 minutes. After that users have to pay to stay connected. During this summer's Olympic Games a free service was trialled which saw connections increase by almost 100% compared to the previous three months.