Seven hijabs an own goal, misses point. “Footy: bridging the cultural divide!” proclaims a ham-fisted Channel Seven promo featuring a hijab and guernsey clad female footy player who’s “just an Aussie girl playing an Aussie game in a team that embraces all cultures”.

Front page of the day. The News of The World‘s phone hacking scandal has taken a sinister twist as revelations emerge that then-NotW editor Rebekkah Brooks had the phone of 13-year-old murder victim Milly Dowler hacked:

Fox Twitter account hacked, claims Obama shot in Iowa

“The Twitter account for Fox News was apparently hacked, with six tweets falsely reporting early Monday morning that U.S. President Barack Obama had been shot twice in an Iowa restaurant while campaigning.” — Computer World

Facebook to launch new video chat product powered by Skype

“Facebook is reportedly about to launch a new video chat product powered by Microsoft-owned Skype.The move follows on from the company founder Mark Zuckerberg’s comments last week that Facebook would have an “awesome” new feature to shout about on 6 July.” — The Register

Cornes wins Ten defamation suit

“Former political candidate Nicole Cornes has successfully sued Channel Ten after alleging comedian Mick Molloy defamed her on its Before the Game football show.” — Business Spectator

Twitter to change ‘rules’ for sending direct messages

“In a new and largely unfathomable move, Twitter has made direct messaging two-way for all verified accounts. Which means every major celebrity on Twitter is about to be completely inundated with millions and millions of unwanted DMs.” — Mediabistro