Controversy
Virgin asked B3ta to run an image competition in which board members could win PlayStation Portables and an Xbox 360 for creating something on the theme "What would happen if you said Yes to everything?". However, Virgin cancelled the challenge early because they didn't like some of the images being created, including Richard Branson urinating on Rob Manuel, dressed in baby clothes.
On 4 June 2007, b3ta member Sean Stayte posted an "alternative logo" for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which referenced an image from the former shock site, goatse. The BBC then posted this logo on its website and ran it on its BBC News 24 channel as part of a viewer-submitted contest.
In October 2012, Matthew Woods of Chorley in Lancashire was charged under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 for making an offensive post on Facebook regarding the missing five year old, April Jones. The joke was allegedly reposted from Sickipedia.
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