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(AP)

Social networking has landed a Massachusetts man in jail. This when an email initiation bearing his name went out to an ex-girlfriend who had a restraining order against him. The invite was to join Google+, but the man, Thomas Gagnon, contends he didn't send it. He says Google did, without his knowledge or consent.

When his ex-girlfriend received the invitation, according to the Salem News, she went to the police, complaining Gagnon had violated the restraining order by sending her the email. Police then arrested him, the News reported. He was jailed, then released on $500 bail.

So what do you think of this social networking nightmare?



Could it make future relationships – and the ending of same – very sticky for all of us down the road?

Is this a cautionary tale for a wired society? Or just one man's bad luck?

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