Teen Convicted For Facebook Pal Request

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There are certainly a few people you most likely shouldn't friend on Facebook, like your boss, total strangers or — as you Swedish teen recently learned — anyone who has filed a restraining order against you.

In accordance with Sweden's The Local, an 18-year-old male recently went before a Gotland District Court judge and was convicted for sending a Facebook friend request.
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The court, situated on the Baltic island of Gotland, ruled that the teen's friend request violated the restraining order the other party had previously filed against him, Sveriges Radio reports. The teen was handed a suspended sentence for his violation and fined 30 days'pay.

However, the Facebook friend request may not need been the sole factor that led the judge to convict and fine the teen.

Irrespective of attempting to make contact through Facebook, the 18-year-old also allegedly bumped into the person at a road market. Local reports don't note perhaps the run-in was coincidental or deliberate.

While Sweden's laws are markedly distinctive from those in the U.S. which have led to arrests over Facebook activity, friend requests on the social media marketing site have been a component in past cases. In 2010, a Florida man was jailed for sending a pal request to his estranged wife, thereby violating a domestic order against him.