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'''Catfishing''' is the practice of adopting a fake online persona. In the incelosphere it means adopting a fake persona to lure someone into a [[relationship]]. | '''Catfishing''' is the practice of adopting a fake online persona. In the [[incelosphere]] it means adopting a fake persona to lure someone into a [[relationship]]. | ||
== | ==Mostly not illegal== | ||
Catfishing itself is not illegal in most places in the world, including in a romantic context. But it can become illegal if used to humiliate, defame, or financially benefit, among other thigns.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39078201</ref> Certain states such as Oklahoma have made catfishing effectively illegal.<ref>https://www.vocativ.com/319357/new-anti-catfishing-law-is-the-toughest-in-the-us/index.html</reF> | Catfishing itself is not illegal in most places in the world, including in a romantic context. But it can become illegal if used to humiliate, defame, or financially benefit, among other thigns.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39078201</ref> Certain states such as Oklahoma have made catfishing effectively illegal.<ref>https://www.vocativ.com/319357/new-anti-catfishing-law-is-the-toughest-in-the-us/index.html</reF> | ||