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"Whether we look too young, too old or too inebriated, we've all been there \u2014 tagged in unflattering Facebook photos. But if you're thinking of filing a lawsuit about it, think again.\nUploading an unflattering photo is not grounds for a harassment suit, a Minnesota district court has ruled.\nAaron Olson of Chisago City, Minn. figured this out the hard way, on behalf of every Facebook user who has ever been embarrassed by a photo tag. Olson sued his uncle Randall LaBrie for harassment, after LeBrie posted a childhood photo of him posing in front of a Christmas tree, along with a snarky caption.\nOlson requested his uncle remove the photos or edit them to remove Olson from the images. Though LaBrie removed the photo tags, he told Olson that if he didn't like the photos he \"should stay off Facebook.\"\nJudge Natalie E. Hudson ruled that \"to constitute harassment, words must have a substantial adverse effect on the safety, security, or privacy of another. Comments that are mean and disrespectful, coupled with innocuous family photos, do not affect a person\u2019s safety, security, or privacy \u2014 and certainly not substantially so.\"\nTranslation: You are safe under U.S. law to embarrass your family members.\n\nSEE ALSO: Awkward Family Photos Website Launches Board GameIn fact, LaBrie and Olson are not even Facebook friends, suggesting there's more to this family drama than revealed by the lawsuit.\nHow do you respond to unwanted photos of yourself tagged on Facebook? Do you think Olson overreacted? Let us know in the comments.\nImage courtesy of iStockphoto, USERNAME\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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