reporting the fake page, I informed all of my friend list and my colleagues. I received several responses of "How do I know THIS is really you?" Funny. No damage done because I reacted quickly, and the student wasn't trying to hurt anyone.
Cheers,
Kate Olena
Nichols Middle School
Buffalo, NY
A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:
>Two years ago, someone set up a fake profile for a teacher here. We completed the FB built-in reporting form and the profile disappeared the next day without further contact to or from Facebook.
>
>Richard
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>Richard Kassissieh
>Director of Information Technology
>Catlin Gabel School
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>From: "Ramsden, Jason T." <jramsden@ravenscroft.org<mailto:jramsden@ravenscroft.org>>
>Reply-To: A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>>
>Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:13:12 -0800
>To: "ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>" <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>>
>Subject: Re: Fake Teacher Facebook Profile
>
>Tom,
>
>We had a similar incident occur last year and Facebook was, in a word, useless when it came to taking down the fake teacher profile. Even when the teacher, who already had a profile, reported it as a fake there was no movement (by the way you actually
>have to have your own profile on Facebook in order to claim another as a fake one impersonating you).
>
>In the end, we pressed the several students who had friended the profile and it finally came out that one of them had started it and they took it down. If that had not happened, however, it would most likely still be up and running, IMHO.
>
>Oddly enough, about the same time we had a Group Page about the school that was less than complimentary but because they had used the school logo on their page when we reported it as copyright infringement it was taken down in less than 24 hours.
>
>Maybe others have had a better experience working with Facebook and fake profiles than I?
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Wroten
>Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 12:29 PM
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>Subject: Fake Teacher Facebook Profile
>
>We recently found out that one of teachers now has a fake Facebook profile, likely setup by a current and enrolled student.
>
>Of the other students that have requested him as a "friend" we have asked that they report the profile as a fake. As of right now it looks like the site has been up for over a week and Facebook has done nothing about removing the page.
>
>Does anyone know of a way to contact Facebook to either make them remove the profile or request the email address the profile was setup with so we can track down it's creator?
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Tom Wroten
>Director of Technology
>Sacramento Country Day School
>
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