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£17,000 damages for victim of fake Facebook profile
From: Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:10:48 +0300 (EEST)
"A businessman today won £17,000 in damages against a former schoolfriend accused of putting a fake profile of him on the social networking website Facebook. The high court heard that the profile falsely suggested Matthew Firsht was looking for same-sex relationships and was signed up with groups including Gay in the Wood Borehamwood and Gay Jews in London. Deputy judge Richard Parkes QC ruled that Grant Raphael's defence - that the entry was created by party gate-crashers at his flat - was "built on lies". The judge awarded Firsht £15,000 for libel and £2,000 for breach of privacy." --clip-- More at http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/24/facebook.privacy Juha-Matti _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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