Feb 24 2008

Be Careful Who you Impersonate on Facebook

Published by at 7:36 pm under facebook

Shock at Jail term for Facebook Joke

Amnesty International said today it was “shocked” by a three-year jail term handed down by a Moroccan court to a man who registered a false internet Facebook profile as King Mohammed VI’s brother.

The court in Casablanca sentenced 27-year-old computer engineer Fouad Mourtada yesterday and fined him 10,000 dinar ($A1400) for “the use of false information and usurping the identity of the prince”.

And speaking of Facebook, who the heck is Gile McFile? Gile you might be an Aussie, but I don’t generally accept friendship from inanimate objects 😉

Gile McFile

 

Perhaps he’s looking for some leverage?

10 responses so far

10 Responses to “Be Careful Who you Impersonate on Facebook”

  1. # Bettinaon 24 Feb 2008 at 9:41 pm

    *groan* leverage

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  2. # Gregon 24 Feb 2008 at 10:29 pm

    Or bad jokes !!!!

  3. # Colin Campbellon 24 Feb 2008 at 10:30 pm

    Scary stuff.

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  4. # Megon 24 Feb 2008 at 10:47 pm

    Yeah, I was going to add the *groan* myself, but thought I’d see if anyone picked it up – hehe 😀

  5. # Dysthymiacon 25 Feb 2008 at 9:16 am

    … more like be careful what you do in Morocco.

    There are 52 ‘Denny Cranes’ on FB.

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  6. # Burgoon 25 Feb 2008 at 9:42 am

    Wow. Wonder about all those people who impersonated Rudd and Howard on myspace in the lead up to the elections… pretty glad Oz is a bit more forgiving than Morocco!

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  7. # swollenpickleson 25 Feb 2008 at 10:56 am

    Inanimate objects make the best friends.

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  8. # Jasmine Shaneaon 25 Feb 2008 at 12:00 pm

    With most of the world’s information going digital, I guess McFile didn’t want to become obsolete – Hey, if you can’t beat the system, join the system right? :)

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  9. # Tiffanyon 25 Feb 2008 at 5:26 pm

    Hey Meg.
    I hope you get your holiday. You won in my Pay It Forward thingy!

  10. # Lighteningon 25 Feb 2008 at 7:06 pm

    Gosh – that seems harsh.

    I think the file one is kinda clever.

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