Spam targets Cecil Clarke's campaign Facebook site
Cape Breton Regional Municipality mayoral candidate forced to shut down page
CBC News
Posted: Oct 15, 2012 11:22 AM AT
Last Updated: Oct 15, 2012 1:23 PM AT
Cecil Clarke, a mayoral candidate for the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, has temporarily shut down his campaign's Facebook page after a spam attack.
Thousands of spammed messages and posts flooded the Elect Cecil Clarke Facebook page on Sunday evening.
Clarke's office said it was impossible for volunteers to remove the spam in a timely fashion, so the page was taken down early Monday morning.
"This certainly seems like another attempt to portray me and my team in a negative light," Clarke said in a statement.
"As I have said all along, underhanded tactics have no place in this campaign. It's unfortunate and regrettable that some people choose to direct their energies in this way, rather than participating in the political process in an open, honest and transparent manner."
Clarke said the Facebook page will be reactivated when the spam problem has been solved.
Share Tools
Latest Nova Scotia News Headlines
- Mooseheads' MacAulay overcomes tough year off the ice
- The Halifax Mooseheads are hoping to bring home the Memorial Cup on Sunday, but the long road to success has been filled with challenges for many of the hockey families, including Stephen MacAulay's. more »
- Federal ministers swipe at Trudeau during N.S. visit
- Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau continued his swing through the Maritimes, drawing a large crowd of cheering fans to a Halifax mall Friday. But two federal cabinet ministers marked the visit with attacks on the Liberals. more »
- Family speaks out after mall refuses cart for autistic child
- The Lavallee's say there aren't enough resources in public places for families with special needs. more »
- Mooseheads make me proud, says NHL's Shelley
- The Halifax Mooseheads are hoping to make history Sunday and bring home the team's first ever Memorial Cup. more »
Must Watch
Top News Headlines
- Will Rob Ford's supporters leave Ford Nation?
- The growing controversy over a purported video alleging to show Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine may be testing the faith of even his most die-hard supporters. But experts say Ford's policies may trump whatever personal issues he's facing, and that his supporters may rally behind him. more »
- Royal Bank pledges not to outsource jobs for cash savings
- Royal Bank has promised it will never outsource a Canadian job to a foreign worker solely to save money. more »
- Neil Macdonald: How serious is Obama about curbing the drone surge?
- In a key speech this week, the U.S. president set out a host of supposed new safeguards for America's controversial practice of remote-controlled rough justice. But as Neil Macdonald writes, the underlying rationale for drone use has not fundamentally changed. more »
- Making The Mandela Tapes
- Producer Robin Benger describes how he obtained broadcast access to interviews Nelson Mandela recorded in the 1990s. A CBC Radio Ideas program on the Mandela tapes airs May 28. more »
- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denies using crack cocaine
- The mayor of Canada's largest city told a packed news conference that he doesn't use crack cocaine and isn't a crack addict. more »
- Federal ministers swipe at Trudeau during N.S. visit
- Family speaks out after mall refuses cart for autistic child
- Big hurricane season expected this year
- School workers in children's mouth-taping incident off the job
- Mooseheads' MacAulay overcomes tough year off the ice
- Rare albino lobster caught in Cape Breton
- Man wrongly convicted of rape sues 43 years later
- Kentville man faces child porn, luring charges
- Mooseheads make me proud, says NHL's Shelley
