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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Why Facebook Data Tends to Condemn You in Court
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Why Facebook Data Tends to Condemn You in Court
http://j.mp/119rB3T (Wired)
"U.S. courts have a structural bias against "guilty" verdicts, but when
it comes to Facebook data the situation is reversed: Social media
activity is more readily used to convict you in a court of law than to
defend you. That's because prosecutors generally have an easier time
than defense attorneys getting private information out of Facebook and
other social networks, as highlighted in an ongoing Portland murder
case. In that case, the defense attorney has evidence of a Facebook
conversation in which a key witness reportedly tells a friend he was
pressured by police into falsely incriminating the defendant."
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