FB pages of MR, Wimal, Udaya attacked
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Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) claims the Facebook fan pages of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Provincial Councillor Udaya Gammanpila and MP Wimal Weerawansa have been subjected to a cyber-attack.The PHU in a statement claims that the ‘likes’ for the FB fan page of Gammanpila had drastically dropped by 1200 between 7 – 9 pm last Friday.
“Since it was a sudden drop, we took measures to check the FB fan pages of former President Rajapaksa and parliamentarian Weerawansa. The likes on their FB fan pages had dropped by 15,800 and 4100. Although it’s a common occurrence for likes to drop, a drastic drop of this nature in such a brief period is cause for suspicion,” the PHU notes.
The PHU claims they believe it’s a result of the actions of an opposing group that has deployed an internet ‘bot’ to decrease the likes on the fan pages of these politicians.
PHU furthermore stated that Councillor Gammanpila has notified the FB administrators concerning these attacks.
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- Gon Haraka Thursday, 19 March 2015 11:31The FB should have like and dislikes as well . Then the real picture come out -Reply : 3 15Gobba Thursday, 19 March 2015 11:32If these people are so concerned about FB likes then the public better galvanise themselves and DISLIKE these pages just as we voted these people OUT. Simple as that.Reply : 1 6lkboy Thursday, 19 March 2015 11:38This shows their ignorance on social media. This kind of sudden drop can happen only if you have "fake" or non-genuine likes purchased from like farms. FB routinely deletes these kind of "fake" likes.Reply : 1 10Chris Silva Thursday, 19 March 2015 12:05As per Facebook guidelines all Fake likes will be removed. Its not like any of you had genuine Likes to begin with! You should rename your party name to Higaman Urumaya!Reply : 0 7Facebook Goviya Thursday, 19 March 2015 12:19PHU Fools...Shows the ignorance of technology. This has not got anything to do with "hacks". It is the result of facebook updading how the likes are tallied by removing likes of inactive accounts. Seehttps://www.facebook.com/business/news/page-likes-updateLet them publish the "results" of this notification to FB admins for all to see...Reply : 0 9Sam Thursday, 19 March 2015 12:21This is news ???Reply : 0 2mack Thursday, 19 March 2015 12:29these guys come up with new dramas every day via DM Android AppReply : 0 4mack Thursday, 19 March 2015 12:30mark Zuckerberg take note via DM Android AppReply : 0 0Gayan Thursday, 19 March 2015 12:30Answer from Facebook Administrators================================Question:Why are my page LIKES dropping.. I am getting more LIKES per post than ever!Answer: " ...We have dedicated teams that constantly monitor and remove false accounts to make the Facebook experience as authentic as possible for people and advertisers."URL:https://en-gb.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=10203705067607725Reply : 0 9mack Thursday, 19 March 2015 12:32what are guys doing with a American product via DM Android AppReply : 0 6reader Thursday, 19 March 2015 12:35All the fake FB profiles that were used to put likes on their pages would have been de-activated by Facebook itself.. Not a big issue.Reply : 0 4Geek Thursday, 19 March 2015 12:48Drop in "Likes" is not a hack. It is,people just do not like these people.Reply : 0 2Bernard Clayton Thursday, 19 March 2015 12:48This is a false claim made by those who are unaware of what was happening with FB. FB has updated its "likes" count of everyone to eliminate some irregularities. Please refer to https://www.facebook.com/business/news/page-likes-updateReply : 0 4bandara Thursday, 19 March 2015 12:50Ane ane. Cyber attack karana unta wena wada nahene. Kunu wechcha Fan pages hack karanna. Mr Gammanpila please maintain your PR. Drop of likes is a natural.Reply : 0 4Sandun Dasanayake Thursday, 19 March 2015 12:54Those likes are from the fake accounts. Facebook is in a process of removing inactive accounts and likes from these accounts: http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/7825-facebook-page-likes.htmlReply : 0 4Facebook user Thursday, 19 March 2015 12:55muuta pissu ne. Facebook has cleaned all fake profiles and therefore significant drops. That indicates those likes which have dropped are all hora likes. muntath chande denda unane! :SReply : 0 4AG Thursday, 19 March 2015 12:56Facebook changed their like count policy to remove fake and inactive accounts. This is because real likes are valuable for real businesses, and not an actual measure for something like popularity. But who would expect these fellows to keep track of what FB is and what likes re used forhttps://www.facebook.com/business/news/page-likes-updateShows how many fake likes were there.Reply : 0 1Commonsense Thursday, 19 March 2015 13:07this is not because of a hack. Facebook deleted inactive account hence cause the drop in likes.Reply : 12 62Era Thursday, 19 March 2015 13:07Read the message Facebook sent about inactive accounts been taken out and the possibility of likes decreasing from 12th March.Reply : 0 0Empulze Thursday, 19 March 2015 13:15Its an international coupe to take over Sri Lanka.Reply : 9 62kasun Thursday, 19 March 2015 13:37This is a worldwide issue that facebook has addressed. They are cancelling the accounts that have been deactivated thus all pages face a drop in fans.Reply : 0 0das Thursday, 19 March 2015 13:45Fewer people like that gang now.....Reply : 0 2Lawry Thursday, 19 March 2015 13:57Facebook likes and dislikes have become the life line of Gsmmanpila and the mapilas. Very funny with his grin.Reply : 0 1Freddy Thursday, 19 March 2015 14:00It must ltte hackers and bank card thieves at work.Reply : 0 0Just Another Citizen Thursday, 19 March 2015 14:08Do people even visit these pages?Reply : 0 2pissu peekudu Thursday, 19 March 2015 14:14dislikes will go upReply : 0 2Suq Madique Thursday, 19 March 2015 14:22Maybe people are finally coming to their senses?Reply : 0 2fayaz Thursday, 19 March 2015 14:23These mutts aspire to rule our country.... via DM Android AppReply : 0 1Josh Thursday, 19 March 2015 14:33i guess the same people who "hacked" their pages hacked millions of other pages on facebook and reduced the likes... bloody jokers!Reply : 0 0sunil Thursday, 19 March 2015 14:48fb fans are not fools to cast likes on decaying politicians. That is why the drop.Mr via DM Android AppReply : 0 2suesh Thursday, 19 March 2015 14:50Aha!! How come Weerawansa has a FB account I thought he was anti US...Reply : 0 2Cyril n Thursday, 19 March 2015 15:04Udaya and Co are stupid and crazy. If the "likes" -are getting reduced this shows their declining popularity amongst the people.. It Is Time For Them To Quit And May Be Migrate To Australia where he belongs to.Reply : 0 3Citizen Thursday, 19 March 2015 15:08no no, now really people have got to know the bull and corrupted work that the former gov. did. Thats it. so likes are becoming dis-likes.Reply : 7 25kukula. Thursday, 19 March 2015 15:50Be honest and truthful, and you will gain more likes.Reply : 1 0ben Thursday, 19 March 2015 19:38FB is from USA, must be a conspiracy.Reply : 0 1
