Comments on: Facebook Poke = Arrest

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:49:21 +0000

There are some very nasty people out there. I am not suggesting for one second that the person should have been poked, and both should have blocked the other party . . but did anyone consider that it may have been deliberate? What if there was a such a genuine dislike on the part of the pokee to the point where they deliberately left them on as a friend, almost saying go on, say something. It may have been a deliberate attempt to get them in jail. The poker, may have been there saying will I or wont I, and clearly the temptation was to great. May have even been making negative comments on the page to invoke a response. Like all legal matters, we will never know the entire story, just parts of it

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:56:59 +0000

a restraining order is meant to stop harassment of any kind and sending a poke, as innocent as it may seem, is still a form of harassment. The poker should get the full penalty and leave the person alone. Why don’t people get it? If someone has a restraining order against you that means they are NOT interested in you…move on!
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By: Michael Martinez

Michael Martinez — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:31:30 +0000

It’s now a felony under the U.S. Code to stalk and harass people online. If all the person got charged with was a misdemeanor, she should consider herself lucky.
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By: Baby Sitter

Baby Sitter — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:35:13 +0000

The good news IMO is that it remained between them… someday soon I expect to see Facebook getting sued for not performing due diligence and allowing the event to occur.

By: Franck Silvestre

Franck Silvestre — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:06:30 +0000

I am going to start using facebook soon (I know I’m late on the bandwagon…) didn’t know about these restrictions.

So you can’t contact anyone on facebook?

By: Luci

Luci — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:06:27 +0000

The poker shouldn’t have poked the pokee, but the pokee surely, having gone through the trouble to get a restraining order, would have found out how to remove/block the other person on Facebook?
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By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:09:40 +0000

While I will agree it was a stupid move by the poker…but the reality is they shouldn’t have been Facebook Friends after the restraining order was placed. I blame both of them.

By: Jordan McCollum

Jordan McCollum — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:20:59 +0000

If you know that Facebook even has that option, and if you know where to find it, then yes, it’s easy to find. But remember that most Facebook users don’t work full time in the Internet and social media, and few (even the ones who should be) know the first thing about altering their privacy settings. (And 24% of Internet users couldn’t navigate to Google.com—I have zero expectations for the average user to find just about anything).

However, very recently, Facebook did put the block user setting on the main privacy page, which is under the settings tab.

I doubt she’ll get the full sentence, though.
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By: Kristen Riley Owen

Kristen Riley Owen — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:03:56 +0000

The “poker” was or should have been aware. The “pokee” should have figured out how to block someone.

Being “a little-known option in the privacy settings” isn’t exactly accurate, if you’re looking for it you can find it.

If someone is going to go through the trouble to file a restraining order she should have the sense to make her profile private (in my opnion everyone should do this anyway) and at the very least de-friend this person.

Now, just under a year in jail for breaking the order through poking, a little harsh. Some kind of punishment, for being ridiculous at the very least, should be implemented. Now, other person, please de-friend this individual.

By: Cory Howell

Cory Howell — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:06:01 +0000

That’s just plain wrong… Shame on the “poker” for trying to communicate w/ the other person, who they knew they shouldn’t be contacting.

Social media continues to push the envelope of free speech & breaking the law.
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