Is this legal?

raiderade
Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:29:22 +0000

For my school newspaper I decided to write an article about how stupid teenagers are on facebook. So, I went on google and found a picture of a girl who looked about 13 years old. I then went on gmail and made up a new email. I created a facebook account for a teenage girl who is a member of my school’s network. The profile pic I found on google doesn’t have anyone tagged in it, it is just set as the default so I don’t think that would violate any laws? I friended every person at my school’s middle and upper school (only 316 students) who had a facebook. In less than 24 hours I have 187 friends. On top of that I’ve gotten probably 20 friend requests from various people. I’ve gotten probably 10-20 messages asking who I was. Many of the people who asked me had already accepted my friend request. Now I’m planning on writing an article about the whole incident but before I do I want to make sure I can’t get arrested and/or sued for this. Is this legal?