Taiwanese man gets three months in prison for logging into wife’s Facebook account to win her back

By Raul Dancel (Correspondent - The Straits Times)

The court in Taiwan ruled that spouses cannot log into their partners' Facebook accounts without consent. - Reuters

A MAN in Taiwan landed in the soup after logging into his wife’s Facebook account in a desperate bid to win her back after a bitter dispute.

For that privacy breach, a court sentenced him to three months in prison, commutable to a fine of NT$1,000 (S$43) a day.

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