Malicious facebook message

Fonz_2

I'll offer a different point of view...

Depending on the nature of the message - i.e. did they just call you a nasty name, did they threaten to kill you, etc, etc the police may well follow this up.

This sounds like an easily detectable crime and the police love easy detections from a figures point of view.

However, broadly speaking theres no way back out of this route so if it's someone you know and you've just had a disagreement I would be careful before running to the police and ruining someone's life over something petty - if you report it and the police take it up, they will get charged.

Mozette

chicflix wrote: »

Was it a one-off message sent directly to you? If so, you'd be better off to ignore it.
Was the message conveyed publicly on your facebook profile and thus publicly available for others to see? In certain circumstances Facebook will be obliged to give you the details they have of the person who sent you the defamatory statement (Norwich Pharmacal Order) if you seek to take legal action against them, although this would be unlikely unless you had plenty of money and the damage you suffered - as a result of the statement - was 'substantial'.

Ah irony - it's a wonderful thing!

PolishBigSpender

mac123 wrote: »

someone sent me and my partner a malicious message on facebook and I have reported this to them however what information will they give me? Am I entitled to obtain information such as IP address or the e-mail address used to register the account. I feel strong enough to take the matter to the police but I would like to know who sent the message.
Thanks

IP addresses prove next to nothing. It's incredibly easy (and no doubt I shall get accused of such a thing) to make your IP address appear like it's coming from elsewhere, and thus you'd need a very good legal team in order to prove anything with an IP address and an e-mail.

The police aren't likely to be interested, particularly if it's a one off incident designed solely to cause harm to a relationship. If it was part of systematic abuse, then it might be different.

Otherwise, report it to Facebook and forget about it. Your relationship in question should be strong enough to survive anonymous facebook messages, no?