‘Teacher nearly killed this boy’ – rogue spamming Facebook app at large
June 14, 2010 by admin
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Over 190,000 people have so far clicked on a link sent by a rogue Facebook application, which tempts users into giving the application access to their Facebook profile in exchange for seeing a “shocking video” of what is alleged to be a teacher physically assaulting a boy.
A quick search on Facebook reveals thousands of users are promoting the link on their newsfeeds, encouraging their friends and acquaintances to also add the application:
A typical message reads:
I am shocked!!! The teacher nearly killed this boy: http://bit.ly/aWeBMl - Worldwide scandal!
Clicking on the bit.ly link redirects Facebook users to a page promoting a Facebook application called “Teacher nearly kills a 13 year old boy. SHOCKING!”, which offers what appears to be a video thumbnail of the attack and the encouragement to “Click here, then ALLOW, to see the shocking video”.
However, if you are tempted to follow the on-screen instructions to view the video you will also be allowing the third-party application to gain access to your profile, and to repost the spam message to your own wall.
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Knowing kid’s of 13, 14 yrs etc.. I can understand the teachers actions, kids today have far too many rights, yes the rights of kids need to be taken into account but kids today know they they have more rights than adults, and adults are no longer able to reprimarnd kids without themselves being in the firing line!!!!!
Maybe it’s time parent’s took control of their kids and stoped blaming everyone else!!
from a mother of a 22 yr old and 11 yr old.