It’s 2016: Facebook persona makes everyone a public figure

The mixed blessing of a Facebook persona, the new publicity of having a picture online, has seen a Durham Region woman ambushed when her picture was used by an online predator to attract a 12-year-old boy. The Bowmanville man is now in custody. Police published the picture and asked if anyone else had been entrapped in the same way by the fictitious “Jennifer Jackson.” The real owner of the face and image contacted police and asked that they protect her identity.