Disrespectful comments on Family photos at Facebook don’t risk safety, security, or privacy
Photo tagging at Facebook, wherein any one in your friend list can tag you on any photo, for various reasons; irks many.
You tagged on any embarrassing photo can’t be a welcome thing; but still most people don't sue the person who tagged them. They silently untag themselves in the photos they don’t like OR report to Facebook for unsavoury comments made underneath.
But a Minneapolis resident Eric Olson didn’t stop at doing the two doables; he went ahead and sued the person who posted the phtos and comments he had objection to.
The said person is no other, but his uncle, Randall LaBrie.
After LaBrie posted childhood photos of Olson in front of a Christmas tree and added snarky comments, Olson got angry and sued his uncle for harassment.
But sadly for Olson and many others, who are contemplating suing such distasteful persons, Olson not only lost the case but his appeal to a higher court was also denied.
The state Court of Appeals decreed that "comments that are mean and disrespectful, coupled with innocuous family photos, do not affect a person's safety, security, or privacy... and certainly not substantially so " and therefore do not count as harassment. Hence did not fit the legal definition of the term.
Despite of this setback at appeals court, Technology And Marketing Law Blog writer Eric Goldman gave him credit for hubris for attempting to argue that the trial court erred in not crediting the testimony of his mother, who testified that Labrie's conduct was offensive. Goldman adding that, Family photos can be really offensive and awkward.
Do you agree with the court’s judgment?
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