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Re:The fake Facebook profile industry by srtjstjsj on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @11:50AM (#15696682)
Blackmail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackmail is a crime
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Re:The fake Facebook profile industry by buckminster on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @01:10PM (#15697559)
It would only be blackmail if she had made a threat first, but she seems to have acted out of spite. It would be a crime in the UK however; it's a malicious communication.
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