Tougher penalties may be needed to deal with Twitter and Facebook users who are "deliberately naming and abusing" rape victims online, a legal adviser to the Crown Prosecution Service has said. In a House of Lords hearing, Tim Thompson said changes to the law may be needed to prevent the names of children involved in court proceedings and victims of sexual offences getting into the public domain.

The national newspaper industry has launched a review into current metrics for audience measurement in a bid to establish a system that tracks readership across various digital platforms. Dave King, executive director at Telegraph Media Group, said: "We are determined to find a future proof solution that works for everybody, not just today but in the years to come."

The social network says there is one less piece of malware to worry about. Facebook has taken down a Greek botnet that was using the social network to spread spam and malware. The botnet was thought by Greek police to have infected up to 250,000 computers, affecting 50,000 Facebook accounts at its peak.

A new platform aiming to foster independent journalism and collaborative writing launched last week, with an in-built donation system to support journalists' work. Newspryng is a new experiment in crowdfunding for journalism, helping freelancers publish their work and get paid for it. "I wanted to explore whether we could replicate this model with a platform which anyone could contribute to," Matthew Chapman, the editorial lead behind Newspryng, told Journalism.co.uk.

Guardian News and Media is planning to launch a paid-for membership scheme in the autumn as it seeks to further beef up its digital revenues. On Tuesday, the title announced digital revenue was up 24 per cent year on year to GBP69.5m, and turnover was up GBP14m to GBP210m. Investment in launching the membership scheme, and in launching Guardian Australia, were both listed among GBP11m of one-off costs which left GNM with total losses for the year to March 30 of GBP30.4m.

EU Competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia was already facing resistance in his quest to wrap up the long-running Google antitrust case, but Yelp's new front-and-center involvement will almost certainly see the case continue.

The Red Bulletin, the men's active lifestyle magazine with a global print circulation of more than 2 million, is now also available online at redbulletin.com. By adding another relevant channel to meet the demands of today's audiences for easy-to-access premium content, the magazine further extends its reach and accessibility - and its global relevance for media buyers, say the publishers.

Tuesday night's World Cup semi-final between Brazil and Germany was the most-discussed single sports game in Twitter history. Around 35.6 million tweets were posted during the host's 7-1 thrashing, beating the previous record set during this year's Super Bowl of 24.9 million tweets.

The #myFTweekend competition opens today and invites users to submit a 100-word description of their idea of a 'perfect FT weekend'. Users can share their entries on social media after entering via a microsite and invite people to vote for them. The 10 best entries will go in front of FT Weekend editor Caroline Daniel to be judged, and the FT will create the winner's perfect weekend on a budget of GBP10,000.

The Daily Mail has apologised to George Clooney after publishing an 'inaccurate' article alleging that his future mother in law objected to his upcoming marriage to Amal Alamuddin on religious grounds. The piece claimed that Alamuddin's mum had objected to her tying the knot, suggesting that she 'could do better' by marrying someone from within the Druze religious sect - prompting Clooney to accuse the Mail of 'irresponsibility' whilst rebutting all of its claims.