Warning: Anything You Say on Facebook Can Be Used Against You in the Court of Law
Even if you’re speaking in private, you might want to think carefully about what you say on Facebook. A new court ruling has determined that anything you say or do on the social network can be used against you in the court of law. The courts have just ruled that if you share something on Facebook in private, your friend can give that info to the police without invading your privacy.
The case involved alleged gang member Melvin Colon. Colon’s attorneys argued that their client’s constitutional right to privacy was violated when police used the profile of one of his friends to view his account. US District Judge William Pauley III argued that Colon’s admissions of violence were not private and that they could be used against him in the court of law.
But did you ever really think that the things you say on your Facebook wall were private anyway? Some of us might expect that private messages are going to be protected. But apparently not.
Also in Facebook legal news, the courts have ruled that it is unconstitutional to deliver a summons via Facebook. The court also ruled that a “like” on Facebook is not constitutionally free speech.
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iam not undeerstand about this
habtamu
August 19, 2012 at 5:07 am
Why some people are obsessed with putting every aspect of their life on Facebook is puzzling to me.
John H Hill
August 19, 2012 at 3:10 pm
My sentiments exactly. Many people don’t realize that the Internet is not private.
pierre
August 19, 2012 at 4:43 pm
What puzzles me is that the government think they can do anything they want to do to the people. That’s utterly BS.
ImNotThatBrainWashedBitchTheyTalkAbout
August 20, 2012 at 5:05 am
I got nothin to say
teresa lewis clack
August 19, 2012 at 3:11 pm
Big Brother at it’s finest. The police are an old low. The police have become low lifes and only get worse with time. They are now what we call legal hooligans, legal gang members, legal street thugs who have no moral, and most of them are barely educated in their formative years. They barely have High School Diploma’s and no college education, rendering them impotent and ignorant. If they see another officer commit murder, they would say they didn’t see anything. Only gang members stick together. That’s Big Brother again at it’s best.
Nedrea
August 19, 2012 at 3:28 pm
This really shouldn’t be news to anybody who is conscious. If you Google “In-Q-Tel” you will know that the government is in cahoots with all of these social networks and mobile app companies to keep track of the population.
ojack
August 19, 2012 at 5:08 pm
That is as it should be.
After all, FB is a global billboard
…so when I call you an idiot on it…
Shouldn’t I expect a forceful legal reaction?
Kariuki Kiragu
August 20, 2012 at 5:21 am
I find it most gratifying to know that,even as I write these words ,
Facebook’s stock is DROPPING at an incredible rate.
JEREMY
August 20, 2012 at 11:09 am
The people committing crimes and bragging about it should be prosecuted.
Teenagers in school that post drinking and drug use pictures on facebook can be suspended from school for this. I think this is a good thing. People shouldn’t be surprised when they get busted for illegal activity that they post on facebook, or relay in a private message/e-mail to anyone. Alot of criminals get busted for just being stupid.
tina mold
August 20, 2012 at 7:31 pm
I always thought that you would have to be stupid as hell to even put your personel lifr on something that the world could read or see,the goverment knew when this first came out that black people would do this dumb shit, I’m not on face book and noughthing else!
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