The biggest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook is fake
http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/09/technology/fake-black-lives-matter-facebook-page/index.html
The page, titled simply "Black Lives Matter," had almost
700,000 followers on Facebook, more than twice as many as the
official Black Lives Matter page. It was tied to online
fundraisers that brought in at least $100,000 that supposedly
went to Black Lives Matter causes in the U.S. At least some of
the money, however, was transferred to Australian bank
accounts, CNN has learned. Fundraising campaigns associated
with the Facebook page were suspended by PayPal and Patreon
after CNN contacted each of the companies for comment.
Donorbox and Classy had already removed the campaigns. The
discovery raises new questions about the integrity of
Facebook's platform and the content hosted there.
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