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An accused cyberbully in Australia will have to stop terrorizing his ex, after receiving a formal court order via a decidedly informal medium: Facebook. In a video sent to the suspect, an officer from the Australian state of Victoria explains what the court's intervention order means, and says that the bully must stop contacting the ex who filed the complaint against him. Police had reportedly attempted to serve the order through more traditional means but, after failing to get in touch with the suspect, finally obtained approval to send it via Facebook. It may seem like an unconventional way to do police work, but considering that the person in question was accused of intimidating people on Facebook, it sort of makes sense that officers would want to confront him on his turf.
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Subscribe to commentsEricDec 15th 2010 7:49PM
I totally agree with austrailian authorities on serving this cyber bullying punk. I believe more orders like this should be served to offensive people on line such as aol, yahoo and other chatrooms where mean spirited people think they caqn just spout out any nasty remark and make rude comments about a member when ever they feel like it. And you wonder why some people feel so threatened that they take there own life. Bravo for justice................... keep up the good work.