Eli Saslow, The Washington Post Published 4:09 pm PST, Saturday, November 17, 2018 Christopher Blair, 46, sits at his desk at home in Maine and checks his Facebook page, America's Last Line of Defense. He launched the political-satire portal with other liberal bloggers during the 2016 presidential campaign less Christopher Blair, 46, sits at his desk at home in Maine and checks his Facebook page, America's Last Line of Defense. He launched the political-satire portal with other liberal bloggers during the 2016 ... more Photo: Washington Post Photo By Jabin Botsford Photo: Washington Post Photo By Jabin Botsford Image 1 of / 10 Caption Close Image 1 of 10 Christopher Blair, 46, sits at his desk at home in Maine and checks his Facebook page, America's Last Line of Defense. He … [Read more...] about ‘Nothing on this page is real’: How lies become truth in online America
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Report: Hackers Are Selling the Private Facebook Messages of 81,000 Accounts
Hackers are reportedly attempting to sell the private Facebook messages of at least 81,000 accounts, after compromising the social network. The Hackers claim to have access to 120 million accounts in total. According to the BBC, the hackers told “the BBC Russian Service that they had details from a total of 120 million accounts, which they were attempting to sell, although there are reasons to be sceptical about that figure.”“Facebook said its security had not been compromised. And the data had probably been obtained through malicious browser extensions,” the BBC continued, adding that the hackers “offered to sell access for 10 cents (8p) per account” in an advertisement which has since been taken down. The BBC confirmed that private Facebook messages had been stolen in the compromise, and validated the messages with the respective accounts, which included “an intimate correspondence between two lovers.” “We have contacted … [Read more...] about Report: Hackers Are Selling the Private Facebook Messages of 81,000 Accounts
Report: Gloucester County school board candidate made series of racist Facebook posts
A South Jersey school board candidate made a series of racist Facebook posts between 2013 and 2016, the New Jersey Globe reported Wednesday. Rick Jankowski is running for a seat on the Monroe Township Board of Education. His private personal Facebook page says he lives in the unincorporated community of Williamstown in Gloucester County and that he grew in Bensalem, Bucks County. Among the messages unearthed by the Globe, Jankowski reportedly called black people “f***ing monkeys” in a post from April 27, 2015, a day smack in the middle of the Freddie Gray protests in Baltimore. You can find screenshots of Jankowski's posts here. The Globe reported that Jankowski did not return for comment Wednesday afternoon, but his personal Facebook account shows he shared a post from a page called ‘Power of Positivity’ around 5 p.m. Wednesday. The posts referenced in the Globe's story are unavailable; whether that is because his personal page is private or … [Read more...] about Report: Gloucester County school board candidate made series of racist Facebook posts
Italian mother appeals to president over Facebook threats to son
Italian Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP. When a 32-year-old Italian researcher published an open letter reporting that a train conductor on a Milan to Mantova service had told a group of "molesters and gypsies" to get off, La Lega identified the concerned passenger. Raffaele Ariano has since reportedly received 42,000 offensive messages and physical threats. Now his mother has appealed to President Mattarella for help. When a passenger on a Trenord train in northern Italy judged the actions of a train conductor as questionable and published a report of the incident on his social media profile and an Italian website, he didn't expect to have to contend with 42,000 hate messages and threats to his life. But that's what happened when Raffaele Ariano, an Italian philosophy researcher, took offense to a message announced to passengers on a Milan to Mantova train on Tuesday August 7th by the train's conductor. "Passengers are asked not to give money … [Read more...] about Italian mother appeals to president over Facebook threats to son
Homeless mum forced to sleep in police station with her six kids blasts Facebook trolls
A HOMELESS mum who was forced to sleep in a police station with six of her kids has hit out at online trolls. Margaret Cash and her six sons — aged between one and 11 — had to kip on hard chairs at Tallaght Police Station, Dublin, on Wednesday after emergency homeless services were unable to find beds for them. Distraught Margaret said she has been homeless for a year — since the private house she was renting was repossessed. The mum released photos of her sons — Johnny, 11, Tommy, 10, Miley, seven, Jim, four, Rocky, two, and one-year-old Andy — sleeping on chairs in the waiting room to reveal “the reality” of the homeless crisis. But in an exclusive interview, Margaret, 28, revealed how keyboard warriors have bombarded her with hateful messages. Trolls have flooded her Facebook with abuse and flagged up recent photos of the mum-of-seven drinking and splashing out on dresses for her daughter’s Communion which … [Read more...] about Homeless mum forced to sleep in police station with her six kids blasts Facebook trolls