Italy orders Facebook to hand over fake user account data to its alleged victim

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The Italian data protection authority has ordered Facebook to provide an Italian user with all of their data, including the personal information, photos, and posts of a separate fake account set up in that person's name by somebody else.

In addition, the US social network must provide details of how the personal data was used, including who it was sent to or might have obtained knowledge about it.

Facebook refused to comment on the Italian order, instead sending us a standard boilerplate response.

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