Friday, May 9, 2008

Canadian Councillor claims Facebook identity theft

This is an interesting story from Canada. It seems that somebody impersonated a Councillor on Facebook to bash another Councillor.

Hall Monitor: Councillor claims Facebook identity theft
Posted: May 08, 2008, 6:15 PM by Allison Hanes

An alarmed Toronto city councillor has alerted police after discovering someone has been impersonating him on the social-networking site Facebook.

Howard Moscoe (Eglinton-Lawrence) said he learned of the "identity theft" when a fellow councillor mentioned that he was his "friend." Unfamiliar with the term as Facebook lingo for being part of each other's online social cirlces, Mr. Moscoe asked for an explanation. He told his colleague he didn't even have a Facebook page....

...Mr. Moscoe told reporters that some of the comments, which he did not make, concerned blustery city councillor Rob Ford (Etobicoke North)....(Full text at www.network.nationalpost.com)


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