My Question of the Day: You haven’t seen your other parent (sometimes it’s the moms who leave) since you were very young or not at all. The parent who raised you calls to let you know the estranged parent contacted him/her out of the blue and is in a very bad way. S/he is in need of constant supervision, s/he has no friends to help him/her and no money to pay a nurses’ service or move into a facility that offers constant care. Would you allow your newly-found parent to move in with you and care for his/her needs?

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The Question: Should no contact through social media sites be covered under a restraining order when one is in place?

My 2 Cents: This question was prompted by the following article: Charges against alleged Facebook ‘poker’ to be considered by grand jury.

Everyone who answered the Question of the Day, on both Twitter and my personal and public Facebook accounts, said that social media sites should be covered under a restraining order when one is in place.

I wholeheartedly agree.

As many of you have already said, “NO CONTACT MEANS NO CONTACT!” Cyberspace should not be an exception.

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Take a few moments to check out the tweets from Twitter on this subject:

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sistawithafro Hope you are well. Simply put, yes.

weblady1 Absolutely.

PROTECTED TWEETER Yes!!

rahsheen Seems to make sense that it *should* be covered. No different than a phone call or letter, right? Could get complicated, tho

DanielleRicks YES!

47project I think the rules should apply. I mean harassing is harassing, stalking is stalking. Easy to monitor too.

frparker Yes. The ability to harass still exist via social media sites. All forms of communication should cease: physical & electronic

TankaBar_JasonD you can’t call or text the person and harass them over the internet is covered legally with the restaining order.

sunshine625 Absolutely it’s still contact.

_Nitra_ ABSOLUTELY 100%!

jreneker I’m no law-talkin’ guy but I think they’d spell it out in the restraining order. Bad idea to tempt the judge, though.

NightShade10 You bet! Shouldn’t matter what medium you use, if there’s a no contact order that means just that. IMO

XPhile1908 yes.

queenesther YES! Eliminate any chance for mishap. Clearly, social networking sites are a great way to harass someone from a distance.

BLKMGK Yes, it should be included

Quintessence_T no contact whatsoever…none–including on the web..

mscynt It should be included..because when people are desperate they will try any means to get to you including social media

PROTECTED TWEETER ohhh thats a great question I never thought of anything like that.. but yes it should be barred no contacte means none at all 

tclarkusa Yes, no contact should apply to social media when restraining order is in place. No contact means NO contact.

rishaholmes YES. No cotact means NO contact!!!! Social Media counts!

MsJayye YES!!

TracyReneeJones they r

Pettra88 Yessss

PROTECTED TWEETER yes BUT thats kinda hard to control through the legal system. it would take a lot of time to track. it would be easy for…the defendent to be framed. i think the case wouldnt hold up much in court.

walkerdl Yes…You can do as much, if not more, damage thru social media. Online bullying occurs all the time

ishadowaddict I believe that no contact means NO contact. whether it be phone, social media site, etc.There is a reason y the order is placed

atane Absolutely! Harassment via social networking sites is serious. I’ve been cyberstalked before.

JoshDamage yes it should. no contact means no contact. the law should reflect advances in technology.

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Also check out comments from my personal Facebook account.

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And, there’s one more comment from my public Facebook account.

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N.A. Yes, I think so. That is another form of stalking and they definitely can still harass the person online.

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