One of the things we love about new technology is how it forces legal systems to suddenly confront entirely new situations.

Take this case, for example. According to the Tennessean, a 36-year-old woman apparently landed in jail for using Facebook to "poke" another woman who had some kind of restraining order against the first. According to the Sumner County General Sessions Court, that poke constituted a violation of an "order of protection," which had said "no telephoning, contacting or otherwise communicating with the petitioner."

We are currently booking tickets for Henderson Hendersonville, TN, so we can have front row seats to watch the prosecutor and defense attorney debate whether a "poke" constitutes a means of contact or communication. We also want to see what kind of 13-year-old girls they bring in as expert witnesses.

(Via Mashable)