We had a similar incident occur last year and Facebook was, in a word, us=
eless when it came to taking down the fake teacher profile. Even when the=
=20teacher, who already had a profile, reported it as a fake there was no=
=20movement (by the way you actually have to have your own profile on Fac=
ebook in order to claim another as a fake one impersonating you).=20
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=
=20and running, IMHO.
Oddly enough, about the same time we had a Group Page about the school th=
at 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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Jason T. Ramsden; CTO @ Ravenscroft School (Raleigh, NC - USA)
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R.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Wroten
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To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Fake Teacher Facebook Profile
We recently found out that one of teachers now has a fake Facebook profil=
e, likely setup by a current and enrolled student.
Of the other students that have requested him as a "friend" we have asked=
=20that they report the profile as a fake. As of right now it looks like=
=20the site has been up for over a week and Facebook has done nothing abo=
ut 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=
=20can track down it's creator?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Tom Wroten
Director of Technology
Sacramento Country Day School
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