Did Republican Facebook Users Falsely Report Democrat?
Politics and Facebook are generally a good mix, but a Democrat user of the social network is accusing the rival Republican party of tricking Facebook into banning him from commenting by falsely reporting him for spamming.
Politics and Facebook are usually a good mix, but a Democrat user of the social network is accusing the rival Republican party of tricking Facebook into banning him from commenting by falsely reporting him for spamming.
Gilbert, Arizona-based Facebook user Jon Kopp told CNET’s Technically Incorrect blog he believes Republicans — not official representatives of the party, but Facebook users who support it — are liking pages that tend to attract Democrats, such as that of MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, and then flagging pro-Democrat comments as spam.
Such suspensions can last for up to 15 days, and sometimes longer.
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