Students at Adelphi University set up a mock Facebook profile for a professor, complete with some not-so-flattering details.
Adelphi officials who recently discovered the page were not amused, and reported the false profile to Facebook using the company’s standard abuse form. But they got no immediate response, sparking the university’s information-security officer, Cornelis Jan Leune, to send out a note to colleagues asking for help in getting Facebook’s attention. University officials eventually contacted a Facebook official directly, and the page was removed.
Mr. Leune declined to answer questions about the incident, referring questions to Kali Chan, media-relations director for the university. She would not release the name of the professor or other details.
“This incident is an important reminder for people to protect their reputations and their personal information,” she said in an e-mail interview.
Facebook officials could not be reached for comment.—Jeffrey R. Young
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