I had been helping a Group from Facebook build a website. They had spent some months building their group only to have it hijacked. Here is a summary:
- All groups are formed by a person, so the first person to start it we call the "original administrator".
- The original administrator can then assign new admins to the group to help with things like moderation and adding members.
- Facebook states in their FAQ that the original administrator can never be removed.
- What happened next was on of the other admins (not the original) got their Facebook account hacked.
- The hacker went in and assigned a new person as administrator, and deleted the other administrators, INCLUDING the original which Facebook states cannot be removed.
- The hackers now control the group and it is next to impossible to contact Facebook.
So unfortunate for the people that worked so hard. It is a political group, and some extremists have taken over (really strange folks). If you have any suggestions, I hope you will click on the comments. We are trying to get in touch with Facebook through a bug report or otherwise. |
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