Man Served Restraining Order Via Facebook 29
schliz writes "An Australian man has been served a restraining order via Facebook, after unsuccessful attempts by police to reach him by phone and in person. The man was a 'prolific Facebook user' who had allegedly threatened, bullied and harassed a former partner online. He was served both interim and final intervention orders by Facebook, after a local magistrate upheld the interim order indefinitely."
Thank for you the info-graphic (Score:5, Funny)
Now, I know what a restraining order looks like!
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That picture reminds me of origami for beginners.
I always thought that a restraining order would have a lot more legal text. I guess not. :^)
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"Man Served Restraining Order To Facebook" (Score:2)
there, much more satisfying subject matter
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Re:Good luck with that. (Score:5, Informative)
Usually the person that serves the subpoena doesn't know the person being served. The profile picture and semi-private info on someone's profile shouldn't be enough to hold up in court.
I Must Be New Here, but if you Read The Fine Summary you will see that the man was being served a restraining order for his activities on facebook. It hardly matters what his real name is, since clearly you can serve the restraining order to the individual in question. If the name on the order doesn't match the person's real name, but does match their facebook account, then it's sufficient to drag them into court if they violate it, and then issue a new one (and perhaps some new charges, not least violation of the order) with the subject's real name attached.
See, laws are enforced in the real world, where we have ways around this sort of thing, not in an imaginary castle of perfect logic...
Try reading the summary in the future. It might help you. Then again, it might not. I could bet either way.
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Those pedants are like those nerdy kids who have "figured out game rules" but haven't figured out why nobody wants to play with them.
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Yeah I'm sure most judges won't be very impressed or convinced with the typical Slashdot Pedant's attempts of weaseling out via "perfect logic". Those pedants are like those nerdy kids who have "figured out game rules" but haven't figured out why nobody wants to play with them.
I still like to play AD&D 2nd edition because fighters who specialize in throwing darts can do incredible damage at first level (4x(1d3+[str bonus]) per round)
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You were so on topic, the moderator who modded you has been sent to the fifth material plane of fail.
Fuck moderation: you're cool.
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Exactly.
Here in the real world the Judges and Police happily trample a persons right and due process to do whatever the hell they want.
In Auzzie land it must be very lax for legal documents. Here in the USA you must be served the real paperwork. Although some scumbag judges and dirty cops like to skirt the law and do whatever it takes.
For Example: Emanuel Goldstein was served papers while he was out of the state. they knocked on his door, someone else answered and they literally THREW the papers through
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The summary says that he's a Facebook user and an online bully. It does not say that he bullied people on Facebook.
Try reading the summary in the future. It might help you. Then again, it might not. I could bet either way.
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This is nothing spectacular (Score:2)
We’re talking about Australia, where back in 2008 a couple was served with a lawsuit via facebook under similar circumstances [loweringthebar.net].
Really, though, serving a restraining order via facebook actually makes a bit more sense than the lawsuit even did... if the bullying is occurring via facebook, the person being harassed might not even know who the bully is, but if the court is able to legally order the bully to quit, it makes sense to do so via facebook.
May I be the first to say... (Score:4, Insightful)
Ahahaha. Aha. Haha. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
All the finest minds (Score:2, Funny)
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Click Here to Link (Score:1)
Yawn. Service by publication. Nothing to see. (Score:2)
How is this nothing more than "service by publication", common when an individual can't be served the usual way?
Oh! I see. It is because it uses the shiny new interweb.
seems to be getting more common (Score:2, Interesting)
Problem (Score:1)