As evidenced by the recent clamor surrounding Rep. Anthony Weiner and his inappropriate tweets, social networking sites such as Twitter open up the possibility for getting people into trouble.
At first, Weiner claimed that someone hacked his account, but later he confessed to being the culprit. However, hacking an account isn't necessary to do damage when anyone can pose as someone else.
For example, Coventry First, a life insurance firm, is suing a Twitter fake.
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