An Ohio man harassed his estranged spouse via a shared Napster account, evading a no-contact order by altering the titles of playlists. Ohio’s Eighth District Courtroom of Appeals outlined the case in a July 29th ruling, which was flagged on Twitter by author and lawyer Eric Goldman. It’s an instance of how metadata can turn out to be a vector for harassment exterior main social platforms — echoing long-standing issues on different companies like Spotify.
In accordance with the courtroom ruling, defendant Jacob Dunn admitted to reaching out to his spouse via a Napster account that each of them might entry. A courtroom had issued a short lived safety order (TPO) towards Dunn in 2018, prohibiting him from contacting his spouse via any means. However Dunn…
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