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Detroit reacts after The Malling School's Twitter account shared pornographic video featuring Easter Bunny

By: Tom Pyman

Published: 14:12, 25 April 2019

Updated: 14:46, 25 April 2019

News of a Kent school sharing a pornographic video to its following of pupils and parents has now reached as far as the United States.

The Malling School had retweeted the three-second clip, initially posted by a blue-tick-verified porn star, to its 1,070 followers before it was swiftly removed on Wednesday afternoon.

The original video features a woman and a man who appears to to be dressed as an Easter Bunny and has been viewed more than 900,000 times since it was posted on April 19.

The Malling School's Twitter account shared a pornographic view to its 1,070 followers (9097735)

Head teacher John Vennart said the school had been "a victim of a hacking incident" and confirmed an investigation was being carried out.

The blunder has since been shared far and wide, with American radio station WRIF Detroit also showing interest, writing on its website: "The Malling School in the UK has some ‘splaining to do."

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The school's account was also spotted following eight others linked to the sex industry, before these were unfollowed.

One follower, a 19-year-old man whose brother attends the school, and asked only to be named as Richard, said: "I'm shocked. It's not what you'd expect of a school's Twitter feed.

The Twitter account was also following eight others linked to the sex industry (9099986)

"It makes you think about how it got there."

Last year, Oakwood Park Grammar School head teacher Kevin Moody blamed hackers after a pornographic tweet was "liked" from his Twitter account.

News from our universities, local primary and secondary schools including Ofsted inspections and league tables can be found here.

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