Facebook's biggest Black Lives Matter page 'was scam run by middle-aged white man in Australia'

[Boiler 46,022]

Facebook’s biggest Black Lives Matter (BLM) page was reportedly a scam run by a middle-aged white man in Australia.

Ian MacKay, a senior official with Australia’s National Union of Workers (NUW), allegedly helped set up and run the page titled simply “Black Lives Matter”, according to CNN.

The page, which has now been removed by Facebook, garnered almost 700,000 followers – more than twice as many as the official BLM page.

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/black-lives-matter-facebook-page-run-white-man-australia-ian-mackay-a8297836.html

[jg121783 3,921]

Black lives matter is mostly run by virtue signalling white males.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

@jg121783 do you realize your sig pic doesn’t show due to PhotoBucket blocking their pics from forums?

Edited April 11, 2018 by IDWAF

[jg121783 3,921]

48 minutes ago, IDWAF said:

@jg121783 do you realize your sig pic doesn’t show due to PhotoBucket blocking their pics from forums?

I was unaware as I use my phone to post all the time now. I'll have to fix that later.

[Keith & Arileidi 437]

What's the significance? 

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

51 minutes ago, Keith & Arileidi said:

What's the significance? 

Well, some think that it’s unfair that PhotoBucket would block the pictures from being re-posted.  But not everyone cares, obviously.

[bcking 3,157]

The biggest take home is how many "followers" something has doesn't really mean much.

 

Kind of like that "restaurant" in London that ended up at Number 1 on trip advisor without being an actual restaurant.

[charmander 692]

I am not sure since when but facebook allows celebrities, organizations, and such use a check mark next to their names that indicates the authenticity of the account just like twitter does.  Official blm page has such check mark, people should look for that mark for the accounts they follow. 

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

1 hour ago, IDWAF said:

Well, some think that it’s unfair that PhotoBucket would block the pictures from being re-posted.  But not everyone cares, obviously.

so much injustice in the world, some of the backstory

 

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/oct/19/photobucket-shock-hosting-fee-blog-holding-ransom

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

1 hour ago, charmander said:

I am not sure since when but facebook allows celebrities, organizations, and such use a check mark next to their names that indicates the authenticity of the account just like twitter does.  Official blm page has such check mark, people should look for that mark for the accounts they follow. 

Its weird, BLM  tried to get the fraudulent pages for Facebook and Twitter taken down...........coverage on CNN got them moving. Bad news week for FB

 

https://blacklivesmatter.com/pressroom/statement-from-black-lives-matter-global-network-on-fraudulent-social-media-accounts/

Since its inception, the Black Lives Matter Global Network has regularly dealt with the misappropriation of our name and likeness, which has compromised the integrity of our local, national, and global work.

We live in a digital world, and it’s extremely important that platforms like Facebook and Twitter do their due diligence with users so that supporters of our movement, and movements like ours, aren’t misled and that resources aren’t misappropriated.

We regret that so many people were deceived by the recent high profile scam into believing that their gifts and donations benefited us.

For months after noting the fraudulent profiles, the Black Lives Matter Global Network and many of our allies reached out to both Twitter and Facebook to request the fake profiles be deactivated and taken down. Unfortunately, our requests received no adequate response and many supporters continued to be misled. We are relieved that the fraudulent profiles have ultimately been removed and hope that the social media platforms will soon adopt protocols to stop this from happening again.

The correct social media handles for the Black Lives Matter Global Network are:

Twitter: @blklivesmatter

Facebook: @BlackLivesMatter

Instagram: @blklivesmatter

Website: www.blacklivesmatter.com”

 

Edited April 12, 2018 by Il Mango Dulce

[Boiler 46,022]

I thought #BLM had no structured organisation?

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

4 hours ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

so much injustice in the world, some of the backstory

 

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/oct/19/photobucket-shock-hosting-fee-blog-holding-ransom

I know, very familiar with the story.  Also familiar with their bs “bug” that won’t allow multiple downloads.  Never used them, never will.

[Keith & Arileidi 437]

3 hours ago, Boiler said:

I thought #BLM had no structured organisation?

You are right. 

BLM isn't really structured. 

So I think it would be hard to consider any type of outside Facebook page to be considered "fraud". 

 

Now if BLM were to create fraudlent pages about the KKK or NRA (not putting them on the same level) , then FB should take those fraudlent pages down. 

[TBoneTX 46,059]

Serious question:  What are some alternatives to Photobucket?

[charmander 692]

8 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Serious question:  What are some alternatives to Photobucket?

Mr. google says imgur or tinypic.