http://dailycaller.com/2014/01/16/this-man-was-arrested-for-clicking-like-on-a-facebook-status
tl;dr
The man had a restraining order taken out against him by a woman he had a previous relationship with. She shared a video on Facebook and he liked it. She called the cops and showed them that he liked it, so they arrested him for violating the order.
What are your thoughts on this?
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i guess it could be seen as another form of stalking, but if she was really afraid of that she should have set her shit to private.
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So does that mean that restraining orders apply to the internet as well? Or is it just that there can be no contact whatsoever between the two parties?
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I'm wondering why she never blocked him on Facebook.
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Edited by Agent Smith: 1/17/2014 4:41:44 AMHas anyone heard of a block button? Of course this is ridiculous.
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what is block
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Just wow.
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I dunno about you guys but I wish cancer didn't exist so I liked a picture and now its gone forever.
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justified. how is creeping people online any different than creeping them irl?
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If you're not allowed any sort of communication or contact to a person, that includes internet communication.
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Is there a way I can view this video and/or her profile pic? Very important to my decision.
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Can I call the police and have them chew my food for me? And what is this nonsense?! "Matthews was charged along with two young girls, ages 13 and 16, all of whom shared the photo on Facebook."
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Nice source. This is just too dumb to be true.
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I thought Restraining Orders were to prohibit any written or physical connection, can you really prevent someone from pressing a button and liking a status? He still should not have done it in the first place, if he had one against him, he tempted the law by liking that video, he screwed up.
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You can be arrested regardless of a restraining order in Louisiana. If if files under harrasment then you'll be fined. Why? WHo do you think you are paying when you pay fines, exactly. Win-Win with a side of lose. Is it ridiculous? Yes.
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Depends what his restraining order said
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why would you be facebook friends with someone you have a restraining order against? Why would you be facebook friends with someone who has a restraining order on you? I call stupidity on both sides.
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I have no strong feelings one way or the other.
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1 word: [spoiler]bitches[/spoiler]
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If this is true, I've lost a bit of faith in humanity. People shouldn't get arrested for "liking" something on "Facebook" These cops need to get back out on the streets and do their damn job. If anyone should be arrested, it should be her for reporting a false crime and wasting law enforcement resources. What a bad joke.
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Is their anything that I can't get arrested for anymore?
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I think it's fair. People get restraining orders to eliminate someone from their lives.
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It should be tossed. Why? She has the option to make her profile private, and unfriend him. If she took those steps, and he managed to like it, fine. But if its a public profile, she's waived any rights she had to who views it.
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Edited by Bolt: 1/17/2014 6:33:41 AMI consider it a deeply emotional form of contact whenever someone likes my posts. Let him rot I say.
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Edited by GHOST270: 1/17/2014 6:40:04 AMIf she were serious about putting distance between herself and this fellow she should have unfriended the bloke and blocked him as well. By not doing those things , I believe the restraining order doesn't cover a simple 'like'. He didn't communicate with her per se, he just liked something. TL;DR: overreaching restraining order is overreaching.
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Sometimes I use likes as a form of psychological warfare. It's a legitimate strategy.
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Edited by Random: 1/17/2014 6:58:35 AMI understand the argument that it could've been an accident, but if you've a court order saying no contact, that's [i]no contact[/i]. It's petty and (probably) not that significant, but it [i]is[/i] a violation. Kinda silly, but justified.