Occidental College flooded with fake reports of sexual assault
Source: LA Times
Occidental College has been barraged with bogus allegations of sexual assault in recent days after two groups, one claiming to represent "men's rights," set out to undermine the school's anonymous reporting system, a college spokesman said.
Shortly after members of the online communities Reddit and 4Chan began discussing the idea late Monday, Occidental spokesman Jim Tranquada said, the campus was flooded with reports — some by people who claimed to have been assaulted by "Occidental College," "feminists" or "Fatty McFatFat."
Over 36 hours, some 400 such reports were made. Occidental officials now are trying to determine how to isolate false claims from any actual assaults that may have been reported during that time.
The online campaign appears to have been fueled by misperceptions about how the college's anonymous sexual misconduct reporting form works.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-occidental-abuse-hotline-20131220,0,589856.story#axzz2o1zpVQ00
I guess the Paul Ryan "legitimate rape" crowd can also be hactivists.
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