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UK Facebook User's Name Appropriation Draws Huge Libel Suit
Slatterz links to a story which shows that nowadays, it's sometimes possible to find out whether someone is a dog on the Internet, excerpting: "A freelance photographer is facing a £22,000 bill after setting up a fake Facebook page that libelled a former classmate. Grant Raphael, a freelance photographer, set up a Facebook page in the name of former school friend Mathew Firsht and posted false information about his sexual and political preferences. He also set up another page for Firsht's television company, the latter entitled 'Has Mathew Firsht lied to you?' ... 'The significance of this case is that it shows that what you post is not harmless, but has consequences,' media lawyer, Jo Sanders, of Harbottle & Lewis, told the BBC."
hey here is an idea this twitter fuck you all inevitably bring up in any discussion and all his alts... fucking brainstorm here, who gives a fuck? if the guy writes something interesting or insightful under whatever the fuck account he chooses then more power to him eh? and if it's some brain dead spew like you just added to the discussion and just like the post I'm writing... let it get modded down appropriately and stfu? kthxbai
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