[ih] favor regarding Facebook and Jon Postel

[Vint Cerf]

folks, i am in touch with facebook and will put them in touch with
jon's relatives.

v


On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Joe Touch <touch at isi.edu> wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> Sorry for the non-IH intrusion, but since this list has a number of people
> who worked with Jon and is hosted on a site named in his honor, I'm asking
> for your help with the following:
>
> ----
>
> There is a Facebook page that falsely implies being owned by Jon Postel:
>
> https://www.facebook.com/jon.postel
>
> Facebook has declined requests from Jon's family to have this page removed.
>
> To everyone on this list:
>
> PLEASE do not "LIKE" or interact with this page. Jon passed in 1998, as you
> know, 5 years before Facebook ever existed. He never had a page on this or
> any other social networking site, and whomever is running this should stop
> misrepresenting themselves.
>
> If anyone here can help, please let me know.
>
> Joe
> touch at isi.edu