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Clint Acworth: Teachers Behaving Badly Online

on January 9, 2012 | Social Media | Comments (0)
Clint Acworth: Teachers Behaving Badly Online

It has been a long running concern for education bodies, how to monitor the use of social media in schools.  Now, the tables have turned, with former Sheldon College employee, teacher Clint Acworth accused of fraudulent Facebooking. In what reads like a Hollywood script, it is alleged Clint Acworth created an online life so removed […]

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Kyle Sandilands Love Child – Fake, Prank, Setup

on October 7, 2011 | Australia | Comments (0)
Kyle Sandilands Love Child - Fake, Prank, Setup

Yesterday we reported a story about Kyle Sandilands Love Child. This morning on-air Kyle and Jackio-O revealed what actually happened. Kyle admitted that this was a prank, totally seup – aimed to distracted the Australian media companies, get newspaper space and just generally prank/fake the media community. This kind of worked as A Current Affair, […]

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ANZ Debt collector creates fake Facebook profile to lure customers

ANZ Debt collector creates fake Facebook profile to lure customers

An ANZ debt collector has created a fake Facebook profile under the name ‘Max Bourke’ to track down customers with bad credit histories that have not updated their personal and address details. ‘Max Bourke’ was a single guy, who like football, running on the beach and playing poker. ANZ spokesman Stephen Ries has said: ‘This […]

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Australian Defence minister & fake Twitter account

Australian Defence minister & fake Twitter account

John Faulkner, who is the Australian Defence minister has had to explain to parliament about a fake Twitter account created in his name. The account SenJohnFaulkner looks fairly legitimate, however the Minister has said he does not user Twitter or Facebook. Unfortunately with Twitter there is alot of impersonation going on, and when that enters […]

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