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Facebook Posts Mined For Courtroom Evidence

Posted by timothy on from the objection-relevance dept.

littlekorea writes "Defense lawyers are increasingly gaining permission from US courts to mine the private comments and postings on Facebook accounts to be used as evidence during trials. The first example — noted in Slashdot in September — has given way to an avalanche of new cases — and a worrying precedent that judges consider social networking content to be public data."

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  1. As you can see... by Haedrian · · Score: 5, Funny

    "As you can see your honour, the defendant is innocent.

    This comment "I'm innocent" posted this morning has received 100 likes already.

    I rest my case"