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==Mostly not illegal== | ==Mostly not illegal== | ||
Catfishing itself is not illegal in most places in the world, including in a romantic context.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39078201</ref><ref>https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=b94e5b63-f65d-438c-a2d8-0e9713f86da1</ref><ref>https://www.jedsilverman.com/blog/2017/september/is-catfishing-a-crime-in-texas-/</ref> Catfishing is used by law enforcement, activists, researchers, bloggers, and other people legally all the time. Catfishing | Catfishing itself is not illegal in most places in the world, including in a romantic context.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39078201</ref><ref>https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=b94e5b63-f65d-438c-a2d8-0e9713f86da1</ref><ref>https://www.jedsilverman.com/blog/2017/september/is-catfishing-a-crime-in-texas-/</ref> Catfishing is used by law enforcement, activists, researchers, bloggers, and other people legally all the time. At the same time, due to its deceptive nature, catfishing is usually frowned upon, even in a law enforcement context, and thus prosecutors often try to pin other offenses onto catfishers. Catfishing can very easily lead to actual crimes such as illegal fraud (which would typically require some financial benefit) or defamation, among other things.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39078201</ref> A minority of places, such as the US state of Oklahoma, have effectively made all catfishing illegal.<ref>https://www.vocativ.com/319357/new-anti-catfishing-law-is-the-toughest-in-the-us/index.html</reF> | ||
==As a dating strategy== | ==As a dating strategy== | ||