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RandySF

(58,797 posts)
Mon May 7, 2018, 09:31 PM May 2018

First Lady Melania Trump's cyberbullying pamphlet is near exact copy of Obama-era FTC report

Melania Trump has run into another plagiarism problem.

The First Lady rolled out her "Be Best" campaign to combat cyberbullying on Monday — and provided attendants at a White House press conference with an informational pamphlet that is nearly identical to a Federal Trade Commission report from 2014.

Except for a few minor changes, Melania Trump's "Talking with Kids About Being Online" is a page-by-page duplicate of a leaflet entitled "Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being Online" put out by the FTC in January 2014.

Stephanie Grisham, a spokeswoman for the First Lady, said the White House repurposed the 25-page FTC report because it "clearly related to the social media portion of Mrs. Trump's initiatives."

"It was updated and edited to reflect today's event and we were happy to be able to provide the children in attendance with such a resource," Grisham told the Daily News.


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