Cork County Council ‘aware’ of fake Facebook page posting right-wing content and using former logo

A fake Facebook page purporting to be an official site being run by Cork County Council is churning out toxic content, including anti-immigration material, extolling violence and right-wing propaganda. The page looks as though it’s the official ‘Cork County Council’ site and is headed with its logo’s coat of arms. However, on close inspection it can be seen that it’s an old logo which hasn’t been used by the local authority for several years and has since been updated. The page states that it’s a forum for feedback regarding service quality and any other issues under the remit of the council. It’s understood the site originally became operational around 2010, but wasn’t created by the county council. Content has changed For several years it carried normal commentary from community organisations and individuals about local authority issues and general messages about what was going on in local communities across the region. But in recent times, the content has changed, often adopting a right-wing agenda. And while some commentary remains benign, in a lot of cases it seems to have been recently ‘hijacked’ and several posts now containing very toxic commentary. Who hijacked the page remains unknown, but there is speculation that
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