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*First lady Melania Trump on Monday debuted her new anti-online bullying initiative, “Be Best,” and released along with it a new booklet titled “Talking with Kids About Being Online.”
The White House credits Melania and the Federal Trade Commission as the authors of the booklet, which focuses on well-being, opioid abuse, and positivity on social media.
But BuzzFeed’s Ryan Mac pointed out on Twitter that the booklet is nearly identical to one the FTC published back in 2014, when the Obama administration was in charge.
lmao… the White House/Melania Trump Be Best pamphlet about your kids being online is almost the exact same thing that the FTC published in Jan. 2014:
2014: https://t.co/s14hU9e6Cc
2018: https://t.co/dNas3LM8UP pic.twitter.com/WJTobZAPC1
— Ryan Mac (@RMac18) May 7, 2018
From the blue-and-orange graphic design scheme to its tips on properly reporting phishing scams, Melania’s booklet matches almost word-for-word the FTC’s 2014 pamphlet, notes Vice News.
Nat Wood, the FTC’s associate director for consumer and business education, said that a version of the pamphlet has been in circulation since 2009. He said that Melania authored a letter at the top of the pamphlet.
The White House’s website, however, says the booklet is “by First Lady Melania Trump and the Federal Trade Commission.”
Of course this isn’t the first time Melania has been accused of copying an Obama. Her speech at the Republican National Convention in 2016, famously plagiarized a speech former FLOTUS Michelle Obama gave at the Democratic National Convention in 2008.
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