Re: £17,000 damages for victim of fake Facebook profile

[Martin Tomasek <tomasek () ufe cz>]

The website should save money of its users, when it rename to 'fakebook'.

Juha-Matti Laurio wrote:
> "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
>
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