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Charles Oliver | 7.24.2015 6:00 AM


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The United Arab Emirates arrested and later deported an Australian woman for posting a photo on Facebook of a car parked across two handicapped parking spaces. A court found Jodi Magi guilty of posting "bad words on social media about a person." She was also fined $3,600.

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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