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[birdwatcher]

"This is making me angrier than almost anything I’ve heard since Aaron died. I finally figured out why: Because I worked my ass off to elect the Obama administration in 2008. I helped these people get in power. And then they drove the man I loved to suicide because they didn’t like something he said once."

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[bbb]

same law that says that anyone using a fake middle name on Facebook is committing a federal felony

Что, взаправду так?

[birdwatcher]

Да.
Facebook terms of service: 1. You will not provide any false personal information on Facebook.

Drew/EULA Recently, during the U.S. v. Drew case, questions arose regarding whether an intentional breach of a website’s end user license agreement, without more, is enough to sustain a violation of the CFAA. In U.S. v. Drew, Plaintiff created a fictitious profile for a boy named “Josh” on the social networking website, Myspace. In doing so, Plaintiff violated Myspace’s Terms of Service. Plaintiff then used this fictitious profile to communicate with her daughter’s classmate. During one of the communications, Plaintiff, using the fictitious profile, told her daughter’s classmate “that [‘Josh’] no longer liked her and that ‘the world would be a better place without her in it.’” United States v. Drew, 259 F.R.D. 449 (C.D.Cal.) Her daughter’s classmate killed herself later that day. Upon learning of the classmate’s death, Plaintiff deleted the fictitious Myspace account. The court in Drew concluded that, “an intentional breach of the

[bbb]

Ну так в следующем абзаце по вашему второму линку и объясняется же вроде, что все наоборот - the court goes on to point out that, “[n]ormally, breaches of contract are not the subject of criminal prosecution

[birdwatcher]

Где же противоречие? Закон говорит одно, а суд - что обычно бывает другое. Оба факта имеют место.