Has BP hired internet "trolls" to threaten critics of its handling of the 2010 oil disaster?
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| Trolls at The Hobbit World Premiere in Wellington, NZ. (Photo: Tristan Schmurr) |
Dahr Jamail | 20 Nov 2013 18:20
BP has been accused of hiring internet "trolls" to purposefully
attack, harass, and sometimes threaten people who have been critical of
how the oil giant has handled its disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
The oil firm hired the international PR company Ogilvy & Mather to
run the BP America Facebook page during the oil disaster, which
released at least 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf in what is to
date the single largest environmental disaster in US history.
The page was meant to encourage interaction with BP, but when people posted comments that were critical of how BP was handling the crisis, they were often attacked, bullied, and sometimes directly threatened.
"Marie" was deeply concerned by the oil spill, and began posting comments on the BP America Facebook page. Today, she asks that she remain anonymous out of what she described to Al Jazeera as "fear for my personal safety should the BP trolls find out that I am the whistleblower in this case".
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The page was meant to encourage interaction with BP, but when people posted comments that were critical of how BP was handling the crisis, they were often attacked, bullied, and sometimes directly threatened.
"Marie" was deeply concerned by the oil spill, and began posting comments on the BP America Facebook page. Today, she asks that she remain anonymous out of what she described to Al Jazeera as "fear for my personal safety should the BP trolls find out that I am the whistleblower in this case".
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