New CA law makes impersonating others illegal on Facebook. What do you think about that??

[Pat Coyle]

Pretending to be someone else on Facebook, or anywhere else online, becomes a crime in California as of this Saturday.

 

The law specifically prohibits impersonating anyone online with the objective of harming, intimidating, threatening or defrauding. Such acts become misdemeanors punishable by a fine up up to $1000 and a year in
jail.

 

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What do you think about this new law?

Share your thoughts here

[Genie Goykhberg]

 Someone's pretending to be you...

What do you do?

Looking for a friendly faces? Emailing everyone you know explaining and apologizing?

What if your fake FB account just for a fun of it got changed your mariatal status to “single”… and you have a jealous and short tempered wife?
What would be your chances to get out of this mess unhurt? Slim to none?

Social Media sites can be and sadly already had become a deadly place.
Especially to teenagers, those who are emotionally vulnerable and lonely people...

So what do you think - is pretending to be someone else on FB, LJ, Bebo, MS etc a crime?

 

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AheadoftheCurve/facebook-hacker-fa... 

 

 lets pray that it would never happen to anyone...

[Chris Theisen]

If Facebook properly policed the sight and upheld their ToS there wouldnt need to be a law.

[Robby Slaughter]

Is it legal to impersonate someone offline?

[Chris Theisen]

Not a police officer. Depending on the depths of what their impersonation actions led to Im sure it would be illegal.