Only in America: The illegal Facebook 'like'

A man is arrested for violating a restraining order for "liking" a video on Facebook — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation

The illegal Facebook 'like'
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A Tennessee man was arrested and charged with violating a protection order for "liking" a video on Facebook. A woman who had a restraining order against Thaddeus Matthews took screenshots of his Facebook "like" and sent them to the police, who arrested Matthews for his digital act.

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Samantha Rollins

Samantha Rollins is TheWeek.com's news editor. She has previously worked for The New York Times and TIME and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.