Tennessee Woman Arrested for Facebook 'Poke'

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    13 October 2009

    It's the digital equivalent of waving at someone from across a crowded room.
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    Tenn. police says it violates an order of protection issued against her.

    And yet a Tennessee woman was arrested last month for "poking" another user on Facebook.

    According to an affidavit filed with the Sumner County General Sessions Court on Sept. 25, Shannon D. Jackson of Hendersonville, Tenn., allegedly violated a legal order of protection that had been previously filed against her when she sent a virtual "poke" to another woman on Facebook.