Currently -- can a person be prosecuted for impersonating another person and posting inflammatory comments about that person on-line?  YES you can - in NJ.

A New Jersey woman has been found guilty for identity theft for allegedly creating a fake Facebook profile for her ex-boyfriend.

DT (full name redacted) is accused of creating the fake profile of her ex-boyfriend, a Northern New Jersey narcotics detective.  She  allegedly posted comments about him to the effect that he had herpes, frequented...
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