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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.
(Score: 2) by Nuke on Wednesday April 27 2016, @12:43PM
Is shutting them down the night before an election really going to have any appreciable effect? Most people who are going to vote have already made their choice well before then.
Whether it is done on the eve of an election or not, are people really going to choose who to vote for on the basis of someone's success at hacking? Like :-
"Wow!!! Those Clinton supporters are clever!!! They can take down websites! Just goes to show what a great President Hillary Clinton will be!!"
Are people really that stupid?
(Score: 2) by Nuke on Wednesday April 27 2016, @12:47PM
Sorry, I didn't RTFA properly : they did not take down a website but took over some Facebook groups. Same point though.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 27 2016, @03:58PM
To some people, a facebook page is a "website" - at least that's what my local pubs and restaurants think.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by jdavidb on Wednesday April 27 2016, @01:02PM
Are people really that stupid?
After the November election, look at who won, and then come back and ask that question with a straight face.
ⓋⒶ☮✝🕊 Secession is the right of all sentient beings
(Score: 5, Insightful) by tangomargarine on Wednesday April 27 2016, @01:39PM
Don't ask questions you don't want to hear the answer to :P
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday April 27 2016, @02:20PM
Are people really that stupid?
Yes, yes, they are.
They'll say "that's just politics" and accept this as normal behavior, and happily vote for this underhanded, criminal woman.