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Clinton Trolls Shut Down Pro-Sanders Facebook Groups on the Eve of Elections

posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday April 27 2016, @12:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the gotta-love-social-media dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

US Uncut reports:

Some of the biggest pro-Bernie Sanders groups on Facebook were briefly taken down Monday evening in a targeted attack by Hillary Clinton supporters.

The groups Bernie Sanders Activists, Bernie Believers, BERNIE OR BUST, Bernie Sanders Revolutionaries, Bay Area for Bernie, Bernie Sanders 2016 — Ideas Welcome, Bernie Sanders is my HERO, and Bernie Sanders for President 2016 were all taken down in the attack. The pages in question were reported to be down for about three hours, from 9 p.m. to midnight Monday night.

Collectively, these groups are home to more than a quarter million Bernie Sanders supporters, and some have been in existence for nearly a year, having been launched shortly after the Vermont senator declared his intent to run for president in 2015.

The groups were targeted by online trolls, who posted pornographic images and reported the groups to Facebook admins.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 27 2016, @12:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 27 2016, @12:41PM (#337901)

    Timing isn't the point, its the hypocrisy of the 'other' team that is. But then again, their leader ( which i bet directed this ) is a poster child for this.

    ( and no i dont support Bernie, but he has just as much right to have his fan base as anyone else and not be shut down by actions that are anti-freedom/American at their core )

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 27 2016, @01:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 27 2016, @01:50PM (#337930)

    But then again, their leader ( which i bet directed this ) is a poster child for this

    How much would you bet on this?