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Teens sued for fake facebook profile
- michael_dorfman 17y agoWhat's the deal with the "his Mother and his next best friend" thing in the filing? Is "next best friend" some legal term of art? It sure seems creepy....
- cwan 17y agoAt least this seems like a suit that makes a lot more sense than some of the crazy ones like getting Google to shut down your email when there is no evidence that you've done anything (let alone anything wrong) let alone even read the email from some random third party. I usually read these filings with a grain of salt - after all, a good lawyer just throws everything at the wall and waits to see what sticks. In this case, it seems like a simple case of defamation/libel - where these kids should be liable - if they indeed did it. I think it's usually the latter that's a lot more difficult to prove if facebook isn't cooperative with releasing IPs for disclosure. I wonder though... I wonder if I would be less sympathetic if it wasn't some other kid but say a corporation or a celebrity? (but I guess celebrities are generally more fair game given that they're in the public eye and more things can be interpreted as satire)
- swolchok 17y agoArticle's headline is misleading. Facebook was the vehicle for good old fashioned actionable offenses of the "harassment/defamation/libel/slander/whatever" flavor.