Legislature introduced in Utah means it could soon be illegal there to pretend to be someone else when engaging in certain types of deceptive activities on the internet, a practice known as “catfishing.” The Online Impersonation Prohibition up for debate this week in the Utah House of Representatives, “makes it a criminal offense, under certain circumstances, to impersonate an individual online with the intent to harm, defraud, intimidate, or threaten any individual,” according to the current draft of the legislation. The legislation, officially known as House Bill (HB) 239 and sponsored by Utah Rep.

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