Student rage as hackers seize control of beloved law meme Facebook page

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By Thomas Connelly on

Hell hath no fury like a law student deprived of their memes

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In April 2012 Australian law students Hamish Mishra and Shanil Lal created what was to become the most popular law student Facebook page to ever exist, with a huge UK following.

Since then Law School Memes‘ amusing meme-based critique of life as a law student has amassed the page a whopping 76,000 likes.

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However, last week the fun suddenly stopped as the conveyor belt of law memes ground to a halt and the page began posting spammy, non-law related click-bait to its huge following.

With posts including “17 rookie mistakes people make after breaking up” and “People who won Snapchat” — it was a far cry from the usual quality legal memes.

Naturally, law students were not happy.

One accused the page of trying to jump on the BuzzFeed bandwagon.

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Others correctly assumed there had been a hacking, and desperately ordered the page’s owners to restore their daily fix of law memes.

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And one joker even warned of legal repercussions if the spamming continued.

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Soon, the unfollowing began.

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Happily, over the weekend the law student owners of the page seized control back from the hackers, and it’s now business as usual again.

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