What you say? The largest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook was being run by a white man in Australia. According to a report in CNN, for at least a year, the biggest page on Facebook purporting to be part of the Black Lives Matter movement was a scam with ties to a middle-aged white man in Australia. The page, which was removed by Facebook after CNN’s queries, had almost 700,000 followers – more than double the official Black Lives Matter page. This also was not the first time Facebook was made aware of the page being a possible scam. BLM founder Patrisse Cullors told CNN that Black Lives Matter had contacted Facebook about having the page removed months ago. The fake page was tied to online fundraisers that brought in at least $100,000 that supposedly went to Black Lives Matter causes in the U.S. At least some of the money, however, was transferred to Australian bank accounts, according to CNN. CNN reports that Ian MacKay – an official with the National Union of Workers – allegedly helped set up and run a Facebook page called Black Lives Matter as well as other domain names linked to black rights. Domain records show that in 2015 he registered a site known as blackpowerfist.com, which operated as a Reddit-like discussion forum that encouraged donations. I hope BLM copyrights their name, so that when this type of stuff comes up they will have a legal recourse.
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