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		</div><p>Internet trolls who set up fake profiles in the name of their victims to post damaging or embarrassing material can face criminal charges, new advice for UK prosecutors says.</p>
<p>Social media guidelines are being updated by the Crown Prosecution Service to cover cases where offenders create false online accounts and websites.</p>
<p>The CPS said: “For example, it may be a criminal offence if a profile is created under the name of the victim with fake information uploaded which, if believed, could damage their reputation and humiliate them.</p>
<p>“In some cases the information could then be shared in such a way that it appears as though the victim has themselves made the statements.”</p>
<p>Such conduct could amount to an offence such as grossly offensive communication or harassment.<br />
Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders said: “Offenders can mistakenly think that by using false online profiles and creating websites under a false name their offences are untraceable.</p>
<p>“Thankfully this is not the case and an online footprint will be left by the offender.”</p>
<p>Social media giants such as Twitter and Facebook have facilities in place to report impersonation accounts.</p>
<p>Twitter’s help centre says impersonation is a violation of its rules, adding that accounts portraying another person “in a confusing or deceptive manner” may be permanently suspended.</p>
<p>Parody, commentary, or fan accounts are allowed on the microblogging site.<br />
Facebook’s help centre says “impostor accounts” are not allowed.</p>
<p>The CPS is today launching a six-week public consultation on proposed revisions to the guidelines, which will also be updated to incorporate two new offences created since they were published in 2012.</p>
<p>Revenge pornography, which is predominantly carried out online, was the subject of a new law introduced last April.</p>
<p>Legislation rolled out in December created the offence of “controlling or coercive behaviour” in intimate or family relationships.</p>
<p>It means domestic abusers who control their victims through social media accounts or spy on them online could face up to five years in prison.</p>
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