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Facebook Private Info Increasingly Used In Court

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the poking-for-fun-and-profit dept.

Orome1 writes "Making the content of your Facebook account private can thwart the social network's plan to share as much information as possible with advertisers, but may not keep out lawyers looking for material that will contradict your statements in a court of law. US lawyers have been trying to gain permission to access the private parts of social network accounts for a while now, but it seems that only lately they have begun to be successful in their attempts. And this turn of events is another perfectly good reason to think twice about what you post online."

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  1. In my client's defence, your honour... by Vernes · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...in his Facebook profile, my client clearly states that his shlong is 20 inch long and always ready for action. This would make it impossible to be the person seen, and I quote: "running away from the heist carrying the stolen device". His anatomy would not allow rapid locomotion as witnessed, your Honour.

    1. Re:In my client's defence, your honour... by dkleinsc · · Score: 4, Funny

      Prosecutor's rebuttal: "I know from personal experience that that condition doesn't hinder running in the least."

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  2. Re:Dupe? by gfreeman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, but it's Groundhog Day.

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  3. Re:Dupe? by gfreeman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, but it's Groundhog Day.

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  4. BREAKING NEWS by joeszilagyi · · Score: 3, Funny

    Posting unencrypted data on 3rd party corporate services exposes them to legal requirements! We never saw that coming!

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