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re: So a fake twitter account will get your home raided now.
Posted on 4/19/14 at 6:49 am to 870Hog
Posted on 4/19/14 at 6:49 am to 870Hog
Online impersonation is a crime in a lot of states. Something that is clearly parody would probably be ok but the closer you get to serious but fake content, the closer you get to meeting your new cell mate.
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Posted on 4/19/14 at 7:31 am to JustGetItRight
You'd think if it was a clear case of a crime, they would have arrested someone for it. I doubt that 50 tweets to 50 followers which included tweets such as "I am trill as frick" will convince a rational judge that it was anything but parody.
More likely, based on THIS ARTICLE, the police thought that the Twitter account was connected to one of their outspoken web critics and thought they might get a chance to teach him a lesson.
More likely, based on THIS ARTICLE, the police thought that the Twitter account was connected to one of their outspoken web critics and thought they might get a chance to teach him a lesson.
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Full disclosure: Part of the blame for this situation rests on my shoulders. I loudly promoted @peoriamayor when I first noticed it, having no idea someone I knew was responsible for tweets that mostly had the fake mayor using drugs and partying. It was pretty damn funny. One of Daniel’s roommates told me that the first question police asked him was, “How do you know Justin Glawe?”
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