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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Mon Jul 21, 2014, 12:53 PM Jul 2014

MH17: Twitter and Facebook spammers exploit crash

Source: BBC

Scammers are using the MH17 disaster in east Ukraine to spread objectionable links, online security experts have warned.

A link to a pornographic website disguised as a video of the Malaysia Airlines crash was posted on a Facebook page dedicated to one victim.

Many tweets have been posted that appeared to report the disaster, but actually included spam links.

One expert said the firms should take more responsibility for removing them.


Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28401863

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MH17: Twitter and Facebook spammers exploit crash (Original Post) n2doc Jul 2014 OP
The same is happening on DU William769 Jul 2014 #1
In other news, people are awful on the Internet. Brickbat Jul 2014 #2

William769

(55,146 posts)
1. The same is happening on DU
Mon Jul 21, 2014, 12:55 PM
Jul 2014

Except all the link are going to propaganda sites that only lunatics visit.

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