ANALYSIS: Tackling Twitter And Facebook Fakes: Identity Theft In Social Media
April 16, 2012 in World Data Protection Report
With over 300 million and 500 million users across the globe, respectively, Twitter and Facebook are in high demand. Equally demanding are the legal challenges both companies face. Much of the legal discussion around these sites today focuses on a key concern: fraud
Although many users are voluntarily tweeting and posting on their daily lives, this sometimes occurs involuntarily. In growing numbers, people find themselves exposed to fraudulent behaviour, with others impersonating them on Twitter and Facebook through fake accounts. …
