Comments on: LaRussa Twitter Case Still Up In The Air; Ours Moves Forward http://www.tannerfriedman.com/blog/?p=298 Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:21:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Alan Stamm http://www.tannerfriedman.com/blog/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-1785 Alan Stamm Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:11:37 +0000 http://www.tannerfriedman.com/blog/?p=298#comment-1785 A precedent clearly is needed as courts and lawmakers catch up with a new form of fraud. Legislators in Texas last week passed an "online harassment" bill making it a crime to impersonate people on social media sites. If Gov. Rick Perry signs it, creating phony profiles on social networking sites with the intent to "harm, defraud, intimidate or threaten" would be a felony. More on that today in Online Media Daily: http://bit.ly/4H6w Your 'John Doe' fraudster may be lucky not to live in Texas. A precedent clearly is needed as courts and lawmakers catch up with a new form of fraud.

Legislators in Texas last week passed an “online harassment” bill making it a crime to impersonate people on social media sites. If Gov. Rick Perry signs it, creating phony profiles on social networking sites with the intent to “harm, defraud, intimidate or threaten” would be a felony.

More on that today in Online Media Daily: http://bit.ly/4H6w

Your ‘John Doe’ fraudster may be lucky not to live in Texas.

]]> By: RealityCheck http://www.tannerfriedman.com/blog/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-1784 RealityCheck Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:27:18 +0000 http://www.tannerfriedman.com/blog/?p=298#comment-1784 Your valiant, vital crusade against cyber piracy clearly is the leading edge of a legal frontier. Even Twitter itself acknowledges a need for corrective action, though it just tiptoes forward with baby steps. "We do recognize an opportunity to improve Twitter user experience and clear up confusion beyond simply removing impersonation accounts once alerted," says the company's latest blog post. The answer, for now, is to offer Verified Account status to "public officials, public agencies, famous artists, athletes, and other well-known individuals at risk of impersonation." Businesses? Not yet . . . "However, we do see an opportunity in that arena." Ya' think? Your valiant, vital crusade against cyber piracy clearly is the leading edge of a legal frontier.

Even Twitter itself acknowledges a need for corrective action, though it just tiptoes forward with baby steps.

“We do recognize an opportunity to improve Twitter user experience and clear up confusion beyond simply removing impersonation accounts once alerted,” says the company’s latest blog post. The answer, for now, is to offer Verified Account status to “public officials, public agencies, famous artists, athletes, and other well-known individuals at risk of impersonation.”

Businesses? Not yet . . . “However, we do see an opportunity in that arena.”

Ya’ think?

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