Falsely Tagged Facebook Photo Gets Palestinian Jail Time And Trial

Aphoto mocking Palestinian President Mahmoud on Facebook didn't even include local journalist Mamdouh Hamamreh, but someone tagging him in the image was enough to prompt authorities to detail him for 50 days and schedule a trial for next month.

Imagine someone else tagging you in a Facebook photo you don’t even appear in and then getting arrested because of it. That’s what

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