SA teen tackles Facebook in court following rape, murder threats

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This is part of an urgent application aimed at forcing Facebook to release the basic subscriber information for the anonymous account from which the threats were sent.

The girl explained the graphic threats, which were included in the papers, were sent over Instagram, one of Facebook’s subsidiaries, from five different accounts in May.“I fear this anonymous perpetrator has actually been formulating plans to harm me in these or similar ways,” she said.

Leading social media law expert Emma Sadleir, who together with Andrew Miller & Associates, is the instructing attorney in the case, was pushed from pillar to post when she tried to engage with Facebook directly. “Facebook Inc is the only party that possesses the basic subscriber information that the applicant needs to identify the perpetrator.

Of the police investigation, the advocates said the girl had been visited by a detective only once since opening a case.Despite initially issuing a notice to oppose the application, Facebook has since agreed to abide by the court’s decision, but the girl’s legal team will argue for a costs order.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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