Social media is a powerful tool to keep people informed, whether personal or public posting. It gives insight into life style, behaviors and even crimes. There are plenty of examples of people commiting crimes and posting them on social media. There are just as many posts that involve victims of crime and law enforcement using it effectively to share photos or video of potential “persons or interest’ related to an event they are investigating.
Most recently Federal Rules of Evidence 902(13) and 902(14) have laid out guidelines. Old fashion Screen shots of a posting are problematic!
the American bar association has an older but very good article from 2014.
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/business_law/publications/blt/2014/01/02_dibianca/
The immediate preservation of public activity a critical step. Make sure you are taking that first step and doing it right and in conformance with the new rule of evidence set forth.
contact us to properly preserve your social media content for investigation or court.
