PR Firm Accused Of Setting Up Fake Twitter Account Of Competing ...

Courtesy Techdirt  Thu, 07/16/2009 - 22:19

We've all heard about the various fake accounts on Twitter, and even Tony La Russa's misguided lawsuit over a user who put up a fake profile.

However, in what appears to be a slightly more serious case of "brandjacking" on Twitter, the Citizen Media Law Project alerts us to a lawsuit involving two PR firms, with one accused of hijacking the identity of the other on Twitter .

While it's a bit amusing that the PR firm who...

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