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Couple get legal notice on Facebook

China Daily | Updated: 2008-12-17 07:58

You've been "superpoked" - and served.

A court in Australia has approved the use of Facebook, a popular social networking website, to notify a couple that they lost their home after defaulting on a loan.

The Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court last Friday approved lawyer Mark McCormack's application to use Facebook to serve the legally binding documents after several failed attempts to contact the couple at the house and by e-mail.

Couple get legal notice on Facebook

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