Facebook User Fined $44k for Creating Fake Profile

The Financial Times is reporting that “a British businessman has been awarded £22,000 ($44,000) in damages from a Cformer school friend who created a fake profile of him on the website.” The defendant had been sued by Mathew Firsht, the victim of a libelous act. According to the Financial Times, a group had been created called “Has Mathew Firsht lied to you?” in addition to a profile which contained “false claims about his sexuality, religion and political views.”