Clinton's Web Supporters, Allegedly Using Pornography, Shut Down Bernie Sanders' Facebook Groups

[pantsonfire]

Last edited Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:47 PM - Edit history (2)

Clinton's Internet Supporters, Allegedly Using Pornography, Shut Down Bernie Sanders' Largest Facebook Groups in Coordinated Attack
By Walker Bragman & Shane Ryan

Last week, Correct The Record (CTR), David Brock’s super PAC that coordinates with Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, announced that it was spending $1m on social media in an effort to combat Bernie Sanders’ online dominance. How, specifically? By paying trolls.

Last night, on the eve of five Democratic Primary elections—Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Maryland—we may have seen this paid army in action. Several notable Bernie Sanders Facebook groups were taken down following a coordinated cyber attack by Clinton supporters, in which a number of users reported content on the pages simultaneously. According to US Uncut, “Facebook’s automated systems take note of how many individuals report a particular post, and if the post is reported enough, it will be taken down. This same process applies to groups, pages, and individual user accounts.”

The groups affected by the attack include (but are not limited to) the following:

Bernie Sanders Activists (40,122 members)
Bernie Sanders Is My Hero (60,097 members)
Bernie or Bust (16,812 members)
Bernie Sanders – Ideas Welcome (33,836 members)
Bernie Sanders for President 2016 (117,601 members)
Bernie Sanders Revolutionaries
Bay Area for Bernie

Edit: Response from BROS4HILLARY FB Group, "Last night, a former member by the name of Casey Champagne decided to engage in harassing behavior toward Facebook groups of Bernie Sanders and posted about it in the B4H Facebook group. As stated above, this was not promoted or supported by the leadership of B4H, nor were we immediately aware of this conduct. We removed the offending posts and member as soon as possible."
https://www.facebook.com/groups/bros4hillary/permalink/1740610886160594/

Edit 2: Screenshot of Hillary Supporters celebrating blackout

[blm]

1. This was debunked.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/26/an-elaborate-hillary-clinton-facebook-conspiracy-with-coordinated-attacks-and-porn-no-just-a-glitch.html

[HooptieWagon]

2. A Bro4Hillary confessed.

The group confirmed he was a member.

[blm]

3. Debunked

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/04/26/an-elaborate-hillary-clinton-facebook-conspiracy-with-coordinated-attacks-and-porn-no-just-a-glitch.html

[HooptieWagon]

5. I saw the screen capture.

I think I'll believe my own eyes vs. your partisan denial.

[blm]

17. That's dumb, since I'm a Sanders voter. But, I'm a Sanders voter who has no interest

in blaming HRC campaign for everything, including GOP's election fraud in Arizona and NY, and their shitstirring trolling of both camps, Sanders and HRC's.

'your partisan denial' LOLOLOLOL

you mean your fervent wish for the worst of the accusations to be true, don't you?

[Downwinder]

7. So, Facebook has child porn in their database?

Doubt that.

[Punkingal]

9. Not debunked.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/bros4hillary/permalink/1740610886160594/

[blm]

19. and there are no GOP trolls posing as HRC supporters or Sanders supporters

right?

Because we certainly don't see any of them here, do we? No - They never pop in here at DU.

[Punkingal]

24. It was a member of that group, so they said, troll or not.

I'm just telling you it did happen, and the guy should be arrested for posting porn. I doubt very much that Hillary Clinton would green light something disgusting like that, but it did happen.

[pantsonfire]

25. Clinton appeals to Karl Rove, he...

said he'd prefer, "Hillary Clinton over Trump or Cruz."

[litlbilly]

4. The Daily Beast, Chelsea is on the board...try again...

[blm]

6. You must mean IAC - So the report in the Daily Beast is wrong and the other blog

reports you are believing are right……..because…...?

[HooptieWagon]

8. Yep. Super turbine spin cranking up the denial machine.

Many people have seen the screen capture of the guys boast. The Bros4 Hillary group admitted he did it and kicked him out. Zero evidence groups other than Bernie groups were shut down. Camp Westhervane is in damage control.

[litlbilly]

13. I was surprised it took them so long today. They must've been huddled together in some room

with Brock and Co trying to figure out how to spin this. So, they come up with the Daily Beast. Cant get more
pathetic than that IMO.

[HooptieWagon]

22. They got caught, because one of their Bros bragged about it.

now they're trying to get control of the blowback.

[litlbilly]

26. Even Thom Hartmann had to acknowlege today Hill is shooting herself in the foot with this one.

[HooptieWagon]

27. Their spin and denial is hysterical.

They fucked up big time. Brock is a loose cannon, I wonder how long he keeps his job.

[litlbilly]

30. They say debunked by the Daily Beast. How funny is that? Why not try some news paper

that isn't connected to the Clintons, if there is one that is

[HooptieWagon]

36. I guess they'll have Capehart write a 'debunking' story next.

It's funny as hell. They got caught with their hands in the cookie jar, and sound like 5 year olds claiming the dog did it.

[pantsonfire]

37. I added a screenshot above to prove it....n/t

[litlbilly]

38. I guess the puppy dog ate the homework:)

[liberal from boston]

33. Go Bernie

Here is the link & see his comments bragging about what he did. I just left a thread here blaming Bernie--they have no shame. Erica Libenow, a Sanders supporter and member of one of the pro-Bernie groups, said, “We had what looked like a kiddie porn posted in one of our groups today. I reported that one. Seriously made me want to vomit.”

Full Link: http://usuncut.com/politics/bernie-facebook-groups-trolled/

.

[pantsonfire]

12. Here's your scapegoat...

Last night, a former member by the name of Casey Champagne decided to engage in harassing behavior toward Facebook groups of Bernie Sanders and posted about it in the B4H Facebook group. As stated above, this was not promoted or supported by the leadership of B4H, nor were we immediately aware of this conduct. We removed the offending posts and member as soon as possible.

[pantsonfire]

10. Did the "glitch" affect any other candidate? n/t

[Dem2]

14. Apparently it did

It's just that the Bernie groups are very active and paranoid.

[pantsonfire]

20. Apparently?....where's the pudding in the proof as they say...

[HooptieWagon]

39.

Yep, figured they were pulling that out of their ass.

[HooptieWagon]

23. What other candidate groups?

I assume you have proof to link to, unless you're making a baseless claim.

[litlbilly]

18. No only Bernie's. Thats why its taking them the whole day to come up with some stupid spin.

[MisterP]

29. not a glitch, not matched by any prior Sandernista behavior, not a lone wolf, not unconnected

from previous behavior, not the 4channers' fault

Gawker and Daily Beast are where the spin's incubated

[pantsonfire]

15. Haven't been on DU all day sorry....n/t

[mcar]

16. You are late to the party

Debunked many times.

[pantsonfire]

21. Nope....you are mistaken...

https://www.facebook.com/groups/bros4hillary/permalink/1740610886160594/

[stonecutter357]

28. emails and stuff.

[BreakfastClub]

31. Your debunked accusations have real-life consequences.

I don't know whether I can link to DKOS here, and I will delete if I need to, but here is one consequence. Defamation is a real thing and it's a crime. You might not want to accuse people of such things without proof.

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/26/1520203/-Defamation-it-s-what-s-for-breakfast-A-bro-responds

[pantsonfire]

34. Not debunked.....n/t

[jillan]

32. Is Hillary going to apologize?

[pantsonfire]

35. No, they fired the Hillary Bro that did it.....n/t