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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."

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  1. Re: burden of proof / implications on free speech by dangitman · · Score: -1, Troll

    then chances are, your not going to get away with it. However, if your shopping and happen to run into the person, then your obligated to correct anything that might be in violation.

    The real question is, are they obligated to correct your grammar?

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