Re: Fraudulent Facebook Profile

[Cal Frye <cjf () CALFRYE COM>]

Kees Leune wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
>
> It was brought to my attention today that (presumably) one or more of our students created a fake Facebook profile of one of our 
> Faculty members. The page contains elements copied from the University's Faculty Profiles (which are only available via our 
> Intranet), and advertises the individual in such a way that it could damage that person's individual integrity, as well as the 
> University's good name.
>
> Unfortunately, reaching out to Facebook via their abuse@ email address did not solicit any reaction yet, and given the 
> general buzz I do not expect to hear much back from that route either. Has anyone on this list ever handled a situation 
> like this before? If so, how did you handle it?
>
> Any suggestions would be more than appreciated!

Get your legal counsel to ask them nicely?

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