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Breaking Down the Legal Case Against the @BPGlobalPR Twitter Feed

By Bruce Carton

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One of the side-stories emerging from the BP oil spill disaster has been the popular (and fake) BP Twitter feed @BPGlobalPR. If you haven't been following along, here is a sampling of what has been coming out of @BPGlobalPR since the trouble began: If we're being accused of being criminals, we want to be tried by a jury of our peers- wealthy execs who don't give a damn. #fairisfairless than a minute ago via Twitterrific BP Public Relations BPGlobalPR I've gotta say, at night the gulf really doesn't look that bad. #bpcaresless than a minute ago via Twitterrific BP Public Relations BPGlobalPR We've created something that will affect your children's children. Can YOU say the same about YOUR life? #nailedit #bpcaresless than a minute ago via Twitterrific BP Public Relations BPGlobalPR And so on. Perhaps it was inevitable that the real BP public relations folks would be annoyed and upset by @BPGlobalPR, but there is no indication thus far that they have tried to actually shut the satirical feed down. The Twittersphere has already anticipated this move, of course, and counter-attacked in advance: BP wants Twitter to shut down a fake account mocking the oil company. Twitter wants BP to...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on June 02, 2010 (boomark / email).