A man was fined after swearing at the Local Police on Facebook, he contested the fine received in court, but he did not win the case, which is normal, in the end. The man called the local policemen "monkeys" and "monkeys", and for these words he received a fine of 200 LEI, he contested it in court, but without any success, because he lost the initiated appeal.
Facebook is considered by the court to be a public space, but some of you probably already knew this because it is not the first time that people who commit various offenses are sanctioned. Considering that Facebook is considered to be a public space, the court could reject the man's appeal, his lawyer saying that those words were not actually offensive, only that in reality they were used in an offensive way.
Facebook. Man FINED after swearing at the Local Police
The court considered that the man from Pitesti county used the word "monkey" in a pejorative sense, disregarding the local police agents he was referring to in his message. The word "bulangi" did not necessarily need an explanation for the reasons why it is still considered to be offensive, but the court also explained why it falls into the category of those that should not be addressed to the authorities, and thus the fine must be paid by the man.
Facebook has long been considered a public space, but only in terms of posts that are public and can be accessed by anyone, whether they have an account on the social network or not. Even if access to the Facebook network is done through an account, public posts can be accessed by anyone, even if they do not have an account on the platform, so they can be considered as part of the "public space".
Having said that, you must be careful what you do and what you publish on Facebook, because it is as if you were doing it in public, and you can be sanctioned as such by the authorities in Romania.
