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Is it illegal to make a fake facebook account about someone?
05-06-2013, 05:17 PM
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Were you using a real person's name? Did you post anything untrue about them, or use that fake profile to harass or bully someone? Then it's illegal -- it could be libel, defamation, invasion of privacy, harassment and a whole host of other charges depending what you posted
However if it was a common name like John Smith and you were not pretending to be any specific John Smith and were not using the account to harass or bully someone then it's not illegal but is against Facebook's user agreement
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