San Francisco sources reported that the biggest Black Lives Matter page on Facebook was fake with ties to a middle-aged white man in Australia. Meanwhile, according to a report about the page, which is titled simply "Black Lives Matter," it had almost 700,000 followers on Facebook, more than twice as many as the official Black Lives Matter page.
Meanwhile earlier it was tied to online fundraisers that brought in at least $100,000 that supposedly went to Black Lives Matter causes in the US. However, was transferred to Australian bank accounts, according to the report. Moreover the page consistently linked to websites tied to Ian Mackay, a National Union of Workers official in Australia and further the union represents thousands of workers across various industries.
Furthermore
Mackay has registered dozens of websites, many on issues tied to black rights. Previously
in April 2015, Mackay registered blackpowerfist.com. Mackay's name, email
address, phone number and other details appeared in the registration records
for the site when the website enabled a feature that allows site owners to hide
their identities and contact information and currently the discovery raises new
questions about the integrity of Facebook's platform and the content hosted on
the social media platform.
