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Wednesday January 18, 2012
 

Offensive fake candidate Facebook pages pulled

By Michael W. Shapiro

Two Facebook accounts impersonating State Rep. Charles "Doc" Anderson, R-Waco, and his Republican challenger Chris DeCluitt were taken down recently.

The accounts, which appeared to violate the social networking site's policies, were pulled less than a week after a Tribune-Herald article brought attention to the pages and more broadly the trend of anonymous online political attacks.

Both sites featured inflammatory personal attacks about the candidates. The candidates disavowed each account and said they were not responsible for creating the pages mocking their opponents.

It's unclear whether the pages were shut down by their creators or by Facebook officials due to terms of service violations.

 

 
 
 

 
 
 






 

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