Brit judge orders Facebook to rip masks from anonymous cowards

June 11th, 2012 - 08:29 am ET by Hardon | Report spam
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A 45-year-old woman from Brighton who was subjected to a litany of
abusive messages on Facebook has won a landmark High Court order
forcing the social network to reveal the identities of anonymous
internet trolls who labelled her a paedophile and a drug dealer.

The Guardian reported on Friday that Nicola Brookes had received
"vicious and depraved" taunts on Facebook, following a comment she had
posted on the site in support of axed X Factor contestant Frankie
Cocozza.

Brookes' victory in court means she can now bring a private
prosecution against at least four alleged cyberbullies. Facebook has
to reveal the names, email and IP addresses of those said to be behind
the malicious messages on the site.
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Is it not better to place a question mark upon a problem while seeking
an answer than to put the label `God` there and consider the matter
closed?
-Joseph Lewis
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June 11th, 2012 - 03:14 pm ET | Report spam
On 6/11/2012 8:29 AM, Hardon wrote:
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/0...ebook/>

<quote>
A 45-year-old woman from Brighton who was subjected to a litany of
abusive messages on Facebook has won a landmark High Court order
forcing the social network to reveal the identities of anonymous
internet trolls who labelled her a paedophile and a drug dealer.

The Guardian reported on Friday that Nicola Brookes had received
"vicious and depraved" taunts on Facebook, following a comment she had
posted on the site in support of axed X Factor contestant Frankie
Cocozza.

Brookes' victory in court means she can now bring a private
prosecution against at least four alleged cyberbullies. Facebook has
to reveal the names, email and IP addresses of those said to be behind
the malicious messages on the site.
</quote>





"Hardon", you anonymous coward, you're probably not a pedophile or drug
dealer (tho I don't know for sure). You are a run of the mill Linux
idiot who drools stupid lies about Microsoft and Linux.

Does that count as a 'vicious and depraved' taunt?

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