It appears that Iran has blocked the official website for the London summer games. Users in Iran have tweeted they are unable to connect and a redirected to a site offering stories from Iran's official news agencies. Nima Akbarpour, the presenter of the BBC's Click Farsi programme, said such website bans are not uncommon but it is hard to know who is responsible. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, recently ordered officials to set up a new body to co-ordinate decisions regarding the net.

The government plans to introduce a classification system that would restrict children under 18 years of age from seeing such videos from stars like Rihanna, Beyonce and Madonna. New rules would force hosting websites to install age verification systems similar to those used for online gambling. Prime Minister David Cameron is reportedly "disappointed" with the music industry's response to a recent government report that warned of the increasing "sexualization of childhood."

The prime minister faces a split in the Coalition over a plan to allow the government to monitor everyone's online activity. Home Secretary Theresa May said she hoped for quick action on the bill. Her remarks seemed to contradict Nick Clegg, deputy prime minister, who promised anxious Liberal Democrats the bill would be published in draft form only. And Liberal Democrat Tim Farron has confirmed a report the party could "kill" the bill unless it is watered down.

Fearing that a Federal Court finding that it engaged in false and misleading advertising could have global implications worth tens of billions of dollars, the search giant will take its challenge to the High Court. Last week, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission successfully appealed a Federal Court decision that Google was not responsible for four misleading ads created by advertisers using the company's AdWords program.

Jamal Edwards is a rangy black kid who last week got a personal video congratulating him on having registered 100 million views on his YouTube TV channel, SBTV, which he set up as a 15-year-old school boy rapper. The congratulations came from Chad Hurley, founder of YouTube. Edwards has what every media owner craves, the eyes and ears of a mass audience of young people both in Britain and in the U.S. He is courted by political leaders and entertainment stars. He has ambitions.

Thanks to social media, women's football is now the third biggest team sport in the UK in terms of participation, behind only men's football and cricket. The second season of the Football Association's Women's Super League (WSL) kicked off on Sunday, with each participant displaying their Twitter account name on her kit. Since the WSL launched, attendances have increased by more than 600%, viewing figures of live broadcast matches, at 450,000, are on a par with those of the men's Scottish Premier League, and the social media channels now attract more than 80,000 followers.

The awards, which take place on 21 June, include best use of social media, with Conde Nast's Lucky Magazine being an entrant. Associated Newspapers, Metro, Yahoo, Huffington Post, Channel 4 News, The Sunday Times and the Manchester Evening News are also among the publishers who have nominated themselves for various categories. The awards are sponsored by The Drum, the Press Association, Holdthefrontpage, the Society of Editors and the NUJ.

All songs entered by the end of the day on April 6 are being considered for inclusion in the show's latest album. The Motoring magazine show asked fans to nominate their favourite driving ditties on its Facebook page. Entries so far have included Iron Maiden's "Run to the Hills" and The Prodigy's "Voodoo People. Other works to make the lit from music track to racetrack are Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song", Black Sabbath's "Warpigs", and Billy Idol's "White Wedding".

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will announce its decision on the proposed $1.9 million acquisition of pay-TV operator Austar by Foxtel on April 10. The date was moved up from March 29, presumably to give Foxtel and the ACCC more time to negotiate on the draft's undertaking, amid concerns from the regulator about competition in the Internet television market. Should approval come on Tuesday, the Federal Court will rule on April 13.

A joint payment system would let readers buy access to the Netherlands' main news titles if plans for a "common platform to meet demand for their content" moves forward. Holland's number-three paper de Volkskrant reports that its Flemish owner Persgroep, NRC Handelsblad and the business title Het Financieele Dagblad (FD), which already charges, want to create (wait for it) "a Spotify for newspapers". Flemish publishers in neighbouring Belgium are also discussion a common platform.