By Damien Gayle Hooters, the restaurant chain which makes a feature of its buxom, scantily-clad waitresses, has claimed the appearance of a joke about rape on its Facebook page is the work of hackers. The picture shows a young blonde, wearing hotpants and with legs akimbo, her hands pointing to her groin, with the caption: 'The proof that she was asking for it your Honour'. It was just one of a string of questionable posts that appeared on the Hooters official Facebook page over the weekend. Others included jokes making fun of small-breasted women. Sexual appeal: Two Hooters 'girls' hold a plate of chicken wings. The restaurant chain insisted it had been hacked after a tasteless rape joke was posted on its Twitter account, prompting a storm of criticism
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Restaurant chain slammed online after tasteless viral appears on fan page
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Hooters PR moves quickly to disown the content as the work of hackers
Please be patient with us,' tweeted the restaurant's official @placeholder account.