http://www.newsweek.com/threatening-facebook-posts-violated-no-contact-protection-order-us-court-1041166

A protection order was violated by posts on Facebook, a U.S. court ruled this week, rejecting an appeal suggesting the updates were protected under the First Amendment.

Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court, the final avenue for appeals, on Tuesday affirmed its previous decision to convict Richard Heffron III, 39, for sending “derogatory, harassing, and threatening” posts on the social networking website towards a former partner, who remains unnamed.