London, June 8 (ANI): Social networking site Facebook has been ordered to reveal the identities of people who abused a British woman after she posted a message about an X Factor star.
Nicola Brookes, from Brighton, was falsely portrayed as a paedophile and drug dealer by internet trolls.
She has now been granted a High Court order asking Facebook to reveal the IP addresses of people who had abused her so she can prosecute them, The BBC reports.
Brookes said the abuse started after she posted a supportive message about X Factor contestant Frankie Cocozza.
She said she suffered a barrage of abuse and one online bully created a fake profile in her name, which was used to send explicit messages to girls.
According to her solicitor, Rupinder Bains, trolls published her address and followed her on to other forums, including a recipe forum, to continue the abuse.
Facebook, which says there is no place for harassment on the site, would have been in breach of data protection laws if it had handed over IP details without a court order. (ANI)
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