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Computing & Technology > Social Networking & Libel Lawsuits.
 

Social Networking & Libel Lawsuits.

Wow, here is your warning.
Victim of fake Facebook profile wins suit
A British businessman won damages against an old school friend


By Meera Selva

The Associated Press

updated 8:35 p.m. ET, Thurs., July. 24, 2008



LONDON - A businessman won damages Thursday against an old friend who put libelous and unauthorised information about him on the social networking Web site Facebook.

Mathew Firsht won 22,000 pounds ($43,767) in damages against his school friend Grant Raphael after Raphael set up Web pages on Facebook that looked as if they had been set up by Firsht. The pages incorrectly described Firsht's sexuality and political views and alleged that Firsht owed large sums of money. Other pages listed accurate details about his birthday and his activities.

The information stayed on the site for 16 days until Firsht's brother spotted it. Firsht alerted Facebook staff who deleted the pages and told his lawyers they had been posted on the site from a computer at Raphael's home.

Firsht sued Raphael for libel and misuse of personal information.

Raphael claimed the fake pages had been created on his computer by people who had gatecrashed a party at his apartment in June 2007 but Judge Richard Parkes, who awarded the damages, said his defense was "utterly far-fetched."

Firsht told the judge he fell out with Raphael, a freelance cameraman, in 2000 over a business dispute. He said that he believed Raphael created the fake Facebook pages to cause him anxiety and embarrassment and damage his company, which provides audience members for radio and television shows.

Parkes awarded Firsht 15,000 pounds ($29,794) for libel and 2,000 pounds ($3,973) for breach of privacy. He received another 5,000 pounds ($9,931) for libel against his company, Applause Store Productions...

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posted on July 25, 2008 4:04 AM ()

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yeesh, people can be such slugs
comment by ducky on July 25, 2008 12:01 PM ()
I'd never put myself on facebook... too many people I never want to meet again -- even electronically.
comment by clovis on July 25, 2008 5:09 AM ()

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