Facebook Asked to Remove Tribute Pages and 3 Social Media Stocks Seeing Action

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Numerous Facebook “tribute” pages which emerged after the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in December have turned into a convenient venting vehicle for those who contend the shooting never happened. United States Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy of Connecticut, both Democrats, and Democratic Representative Elizabeth Esty, who represents Newtown, CT, asked Facebook to take down harassing or exploitative pages. “Many [pages] give the appearance they were created by loved ones in the names of the victims,” the lawmakers wrote Monday. “Unfortunately, many of them have become vehicles for harassment, intimidation and possibly financial fraud.”