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Former Diplomat Slams Facebook For Inaction On Fake Pages

Posted by Unknown on from the get-off-my-lawn dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Former diplomat to Belgium and the European Union Brendan Nelson describes his astonishment at his inability to get any response from Facebook when trying to get a diplomatically damaging fake page taken down. The social network ignored official protestations from the department of foreign affairs and security agencies."

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  1. Points at Facebook by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hideki!

  2. I'm not sure what his complaint is by Adult+film+producer · · Score: 1, Troll

    I crafted a name for facebook that would pass it's name filters but would protect my anonymity and I'm not ashamed to say it. I could have picked something as simple as John Smith but either way my identity remains protected. I also have 5 other facebook accounts that I use with vpn proxies... none of them are "fake" .. they just use a different name but they all reflect my same opinion. If his feelings are hurt.. well, too bad. Suck it up. My feelings have been hurt many times.

  3. Re:Lame summery by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Then you need to work on your reading comprehension. The summary makes a point of calling it a "diplomatically damaging" page, not just a fake page, and makes sure to mention the involvement of a couple government agencies to boot. The actual article isn't even focused on that story, it's just using it as a lead-in. The actual article is about this diplomat who is basically shunning social media and crying about the good old days of pen and paper. The newspaper which ran the story never even asked Facebook for an official comment.
    In short, the criticism is valid.