Florida lawmaker inadvertently caught up in Florida Family Association hacking
State Rep. Daphen Campbell, D-Miami Shores (Pic by Meredith Geddings, via myfloridahouse.gov ) State Rep. Daphne Campbell, D-Miami Shores, has been inadvertently caught up in the ongoing controversy over the decision by home improvement giant Lowe’s to pull advertising from the TLC show All-American Muslim , a decision made due to pressure from the Tampa-based Florida Family Association
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Image has not been found. URL: http://images.americanindependent.com/Daphne-Campbell-360x270-300x224.jpgFlorida Rep. Daphen Campbell, D-Miami Shores (Photo: myfloridahouse.gov/Meredith Geddings)
Florida Rep. Daphne Campbell, D-Miami Shores, has been inadvertently caught up in the ongoing controversy over the decision by home improvement giant Lowe’s to pull advertising from the TLC show All-American Muslim, a decision made due to pressure from the Tampa-based Florida Family Association.
After the move by Lowe’s, hackers associated with the group Anonymous targeted the websiteof the Florida Family Association, which had petitioned its supporters to call on companies that advertise during All-American Muslimto pull out of their advertising contracts.
On Monday, a hacker with the Twitter handle @ihazcAnNONzuploaded a list of the Florida Family Association’s email subscribers, a list that includes at least three accounts associated with state Rep. Campbell. Two of those email addresses were used during Campbell’s campaignfor District 108.
But rather than lend her support to the Florida Family Association cause, Campbell says she had no idea she was on the subscription list and isn’t sure how she came to receive the group’s emails, according to an aide.
Lawmakers in other parts of the country have blasted Lowe’s(the only company to publicly comment on its ad removal), arguing that the decision to pull ads from *All-American Muslim *is “bigoted” and irresponsible. Some groups, like People for the American Way, have called for a boycottof the home improvement company.
Despite (or perhaps because of) the controversy surrounding the show, it appears that advertising spots for All-American Muslimare becoming a hot commodity. Just yesterday, music and fashion mogul Russell Simmons tweeted that he had purchased the show’s remaining ad spots.
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