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Australian man jailed over nude Facebook photos

Posted in: Legal, Privacy & Security at 22/04/2012 14:51

A jilted boyfriend who put nude pictures of his former lover on Facebook has been sentenced to six months jail - a landmark social media-related conviction for Australia and one of just a handful in the world.

Ravshan "Ronnie" Usmanov told police: "I put the photos up because she hurt me and it was the only thing [I had] to hurt her."
http://www.theage.com.au/technology/man-jailed-over-nude-facebook-photos-20120421-1xe2c.html
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