• September 2009:
Geek.com reported that a story posted in MailOnline about a solar panel made from human hair was a
hoax. Engineer Edward Craig Hyatt stated that it was not possible to use human hair in any configuration to generate electricity when exposed to light. • June 2010:
The Guardian reported that MailOnline had published an inaccurate story about an
iPhone 4 recall, based on a
Twitter message from a parody account by a
Steve Jobs impersonator. MailOnline realised its error and removed the article. • In October 2011,
MailOnline and several other news sources published standby articles on
Amanda Knox's trial prematurely. The articles reported an upholding of the guilty verdict before the judge had finished announcing the reversal of the guilty verdict. MailOnline stated the article was removed within 90 seconds and apologized. The article became the subject of a
Press Complaints Commission complaint that noted the article's reporting of events and reactions that had not taken place and said that was "not acceptable" but commented positively on the handling of the error. • January 2012:
ABC News Radio reported the falsity of a story "repeated by numerous media outlets" concerning a supposed naming by
Advertising Age of a campaign by singer
Rihanna for fashion house
Armani as the "sexiest ad of the year." The story,
Ad Age said, "seemed to have originated with the British tabloid the
Daily Mail. Huffington Post removed the story and apologized. • January 2012: Robert Hart-Fletcher, of the charity Kids and Media, told
BeefJack, a gaming magazine, that quotes attributed to him were "completely fabricated" across a range of British media, most prominently the
Daily Mail and the BBC. • April 2012: MailOnline published an article about a dentist who extracted her ex-boyfriend's teeth; the piece was later exposed as a hoax by
MSNBC.com. The article appeared under the byline of reporter Simon Tomlinson, who said he did not know where the story came from. • April 2012:
The Christian Science Monitor reported that MailOnline had misused an
opinion piece published in Egypt's
Al-Ahram newspaper and translated into English by
Al Arabiya. The original article claimed "Egypt's parliament was considering a piece of legislation sponsored by Islamists to allow men to have sex with their wives after their death." The
Daily Mail, according to
Monitor staff writer Dan Murphy, "distorted the original claim from a proposal to a done deal: 'Egyptian husbands will soon be legally allowed to have sex with their dead wives', the tabloid claimed, apparently having misunderstood the original
Al Arabiya translation." • October 2012: Actor
Nicolas Cage received an apology and damages for a false story in MailOnline about allegations of tax evasion. • July 2014: The MailOnline apologised after publishing an inaccurate story about the actor
George Clooney and the family of his fiancée. MailOnline said: "The story was not a fabrication but supplied in good faith by a reputable and trusted freelance journalist. However, we accept Mr Clooney's assurance that the story is inaccurate." Clooney described it as "the worst kind of tabloid. One that makes up its facts to the detriment of its readers." • April 2016:
Martin Fletcher wrote in the
New Statesman about travelling to Iraq and writing a piece for
The Times, then seeing his piece appear on
MailOnline under someone else's
byline "within five hours". • November 2016: The headline "
(Almost) Straight Outta Compton" in an article about the actress
Meghan Markle is subsequently seen as part of racist treatment of Markle by some parts of the British media. • February 2017: Wikipedia bans
MailOnline citations as unreliable content. • April 2017:
The Sun threatened MailOnline with legal action over copyright infringement regarding a
Sun exclusive video. According to a
Sun executive, MailOnline was seen as responsible for blatant "piracy". • July 2017:
The Sun and the MailOnline drew criticism over the online posting of nude photos of Jodie Whittaker, the first women to play the character of
The Doctor in the British television show
Doctor Who. • November 2018: The
media analysis television show
Media Watch dedicated an entire program to criticising the
Daily Mail. • June 2019: MailOnline has been
blocked in China and remains inaccessible for not demonstrating "correct thought". • In August 2023 MailOnline suspended journalist
Dan Wootton as it investigated allegations of inappropriate behaviour in the workplace. ==Awards==