1 March (Part 1) - False names and fake news
I
am not a big Facebook user. I occasionally look in on the SE2 group and
sometimes Bexleyheath News & Gossip. If I make a comment I usually forget to go back
and check for possible replies but yesterday I went hunting for Trolls to see
what they might be saying about me.
I found them at Bexley & Sidcup News.
I learned a long time ago that Facebook groups are often administered by people with axes
to grind. In my opinion and experience SE2 was before the Admin changed hands and
former Councillor Danny Hackett who was once
a Facebook Administrator opened my eyes to a few things.
It would appear that Louie French MP has found similar malevolent activity at
Bexley & Sidcup News. He has been threatened by anonymous Trolls, probably the
same ones who tried to drag me into their argument.
Me being called a Fascist, reported to the police several times and threatened with Court action for occasionally reporting the
utterings of a spiteful anonymous Troll is small beer compared to what Louie has to put up with.
The Trolls will almost certainly be linked with those who attacked Danny Hackett
after he abandoned his allegiance to Labour and showed a leaning towards the
Conservative Party. The Trolls rounded on him and and made up a story
that he wouldn’t thank me for repeating here.
Suffice to say the News Shopper splashed a lurid headline which led to a police interview.
Danny showed me the long series of text messages which
were the basis for the false allegations.
All I will say here is that they originated from Labour supporters who people of my generation would describe as sluts.
They are adopting the same technique against former Mayor James Hunt too.
Allegations and tittle tattle to tame newspaper reporters. You can be pretty
sure it will be all bollox. It is the Labour activists’ stock in trade.
I once asked a senior Labour man why he didn’t stamp on such behaviour but he
could only shrug and say “What can I do?”
When you read local Facebook groups always remember who runs them. False names and fake news abounds.