Florence, Academy Gallery Facebook page hacked. Serious delays from Meta

Unfortunate mishap for the Accademia Gallery in Florence: its Facebook page has in fact been hacked. Since last March 16, unknown individuals who have taken over the museum’s official channel have been posting clips of violent films in fraudulent English, creating considerable image damage for the institution.

The Florence Academy Gallery has reported the case to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, with which it is cooperating in these hours. The Gallery’s social media managers are in contact with technicians from Meta, the U.S.-based company that controls the social networking services Facebook and Instagram, to block unauthorized activity on the page and recover full access and management. At present, pending action by the social network’s technicians, a new page has been opened on Facebook, which can be reached at https://www.facebook.com/GalleriaAccademiaFirenze/.

However, the director of the Florence Academy Gallery, Cecilie Hollberg, also denounced the serious delays in security management on the part of Meta’s managers: “Since March 7, prompt action has been requested in closing the page. Unfortunately, after numerous reminders, despite the fact that the technicians had guaranteed a solution within 48 hours we have not yet received a response from the social network.” The hope is that everything will be resolved as soon as possible.

Florence, Academy Gallery Facebook page hacked. Serious delays from Meta

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