5. The woman who was arrested for ‘poking’ someone on Facebook
In yet another case of blurring between the lines of virtual and reality, a woman broke the law for poking via Facebook! Shannon Jackson of Tennessee broke the law when she poked a contact on her Facebook list, by violating a restraining order.
The order specifically prohibits either telephoning, contacting, or otherwise communicating with the petitioner. Violation of a restraining order in Tennessee is a class A misdemeanor, punishable up to 11 months and 29 days in jail, as well as a fine up to $2500.
4. The man who got arrested for pretending to be a Moroccan prince on Facebook
In the U.S., pretending to be a celebrity online is something of a trend. There’s a whole slew of fake celebrity blogs out there. Search Facebook or MySpace and you’ll find dozens of pages supposedly opened by Tom Cruise or Katie Holmes — all fake.
The Moroccan government, though, apparently isn’t quite hip with this trend, and in 2008 arrested a man for creating a Facebook profile under the guise of the brother of King Mohammed VI.
The man, 26-year-old Fouad Mourtada, was arrested and charged with “villainous practices,” a very dire and vague sounding offense. At this point, it’s unknown just what he said on the fake profile and whether his intents were malicious or satirical, but it’s safe to say that whatever he was doing with the fake Facebook identity wasn’t terribly amusing to the Moroccan government.
3. The emergency worker who got 4 years in jail for posting crime scene photos on Facebook
Mark Musarella, an emergency worker who posted photos on Facebook of a beaten and strangled woman called Caroline Wimme, was sentenced to 200 hours of community service after pleading guilty to misdemeanor official misconduct and disorderly conduct. The 48-year-old retired New York Police Department detective also lost his emergency medical technician license.
Now, the parents are suing Facebook for allowing the pictures to be shown.
2. The woman who was convicted for decapitating a mouse and posting the footage on Facebook
A young Queensland woman has escaped jail time over an animal cruelty case, in which she filmed herself hacking off a mouse’s head before posting the footage on Facebook. Naomi Anderson, 23, pleaded guilty to one charge of animal cruelty in the Caboolture Magistrates Court, north of Brisbane, in July 2011. The Caboolture woman had used a steak knife to cut off the mouse’s head, filming the episode and later uploading it onto Facebook using an alias. The mouse took 40 seconds to die.
Anderson received an 18-month good behaviour bond and was ordered to serve 180 hours community service.
1. The two preteen girls who were accused of cyberstalking after hacking into a classmate’s Facebook page
Two preteen US girls accused of hacking into a classmate’s Facebook page and posting sexually explicit photos and messages have been charged with cyberstalking and first-degree computer trespassing. The girls, ages 11 and 12, have been under investigation since the alleged victim’s family contacted Issaquah police. The two defendants used the victim’s password information to post sexually explicit content on her Facebook page. They also posted messages that indicated the victim was willing to perform sex acts on people.
The defendants instant-messaged some boys to arrange dates where sex acts were to be performed by the victim, according to the charges. Jon Knight, the stepfather of the 12-year-old victim, said his family is relieved that the case has resulted in criminal charges. He said that he wasn’t taken seriously when he reported the incident to Issaquah police and to staff at Issaquah Middle School.
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