“In China a man who received thousands of text messages when his mobile phone number was accidentally used in a TV series has been awarded compensation,”the BBC reports. “Chen Bing’s number had been read out slowly on a television series so another character could write it down. His phone’s inbox was then flooded with thousands of nuisance text messages from strangers starting in July 2004. A court has ordered the television production company to pay Mr Chen more than $250 in damages”.

Damages over China TV text gaffe