Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Facebook accused of “doing nothing” over Taylor Swift hacking ticket scam
nme.comTaylor Swift tickets.READ MORE: Taylor Swift: – ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ review: a rare misstepRecent weeks have seen many Facebook users fall victim to a scam, in which accounts are hacked and hijacked to sell fake tickets to her upcoming ‘Eras Tour’ shows.Now, after many have come forward and revealed that they and their friends have lost hundreds of pounds because of the scam, Facebook is being accused of “doing nothing” to protect users and respond to those who have been affected.The increasing popularity of the hacks comes in the run-up to the pop star’s huge ‘Eras Tour’ coming over the pond later this week, and performing a series of UK shows throughout June and August with support from Paramore.Just last month, Lloyds Bank reported that Swifties in the country have lost around £1million in online ticket scams recently, and around 90 per cent of which were said to have originated on Facebook (via BBC News).Speaking to the outlet, various fans affected by the issue outlined how either themselves or people they knew had lost money due to accounts being hacked, and messaging them saying that they had tickets for sale.One of which was a fan in Worcester called Kerry Plant, who revealed that her account had been hacked and led to two of her friends losing over £300 each.
She also said that she emailed Facebook about 15 times to report the hack and data breach, but never heard back.“It’s upset me quite a bit that I’ve not been able to stop this happening, and that Facebook hadn’t responded to me, despite quite a lot of effort,” she said.“We even found [Facebook chief executive] Mark Zuckerberg’s email and emailed him, but a couple of days later I got an email back saying, ‘You don’t have permission to email this.
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