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Facebook User Arrested For a Poke

Posted by kdawson on from the criminalizing-the-annoying dept.

nk497 writes "A woman in Tennessee has been arrested for poking someone over Facebook. Sharon Jackson had been banned by courts from 'telephoning, contacting or otherwise communicating' with the apparent poke recipient, but just couldn't hold back from clicking the 'poke' button. She now faces a sentence of up to a year in prison."

5 of 394 comments (clear)

  1. Re:No communication is no communication. by kabloom · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I'd mod you up (and I have the mod points), but you're already at +5, so there's nothing I can do.

  2. Those americans are nuts by Snaller · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Where is Asterix when you need him?

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    If Google really cared they would fix Android Chrome to reflow text, instead of discriminating
  3. Re:Duh, that's what a restraining order is by The+Archon+V2.0 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I don't think you understand how many here understand mechanics way more than they understand sex.

    Great, more car metaphors.

  4. Re:Duh, that's what a restraining order is by db10 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    * poke *

  5. Re: burden of proof / implications on free speech by sumdumass · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I think you are focusing too much on anonymous encounters. In order for someone to be in a violation of a court order, they have to have knowledge that they are in violation. A simple anonymous encounter that neither party knew of couldn't be in violation until at least one party was aware of the identity of the other party. This is because you have to knowingly violate the order and someone has to complain the order was violated. This is not unlike two people going to the same event and not knowing the other person was there. It's very much like an existing real world scenario.