If You Tweet It, They (the Police) Will Come!
Author | Jonathan Shime and Megan Schwartzentruber |
Pages | 31-43 |
IfYouTweetIt
TheythePoliceWillCome
JonathanShimeandMeganSchwarentruber*
AINTRODUCTION
WeliveinaworldinundatedwithtechnologyandsocialmediaAtvir-
tuallyeverymomentofourdayespeciallyourworkdayweareusing
sometechnologicaldevicewhetheritbeaBlackBerryoraniPhonea
cellphoneoracomputerThroughthesedeviceswesendemailsand
text messages and can access the Internet Li nkedIn Facebook and
othersocialnetworkingsitesAsaresultthesedevicesnowholdsome
ofourmostprivatethoughtscommunicationsandideas
Rarelydoweconsidertheimplicationsoftheuseofthesedevices
specicallythepossibilitythattheinformationdatacontainedtherein
may be displayedpublicly or even worse in a courtroom sei ngIn
thecriminallawcontexthowevertheinformationdatastoredinthese
technologicaldevicesisnowregularlyseizedbythepolicetenderedby
prosecutors and admied in court by judges One must now assume
thatifonedoesInternetsearchessendstextmessagesoremailsorposts
messagesonlinethosematerialswillbetenderedasevidenceincourt
shouldapersonbecomeinvolvedinacriminalprosecution
Thefactthattheevidenceisobtainedwithinanemployeremployee
contextdoesnotchangethenatureoftheanalysistobeappliedorthe
likelylegaloutcomeOneshouldassumethattheuseoftechnologyand
socialmediaintheworkplaceisalsonotoutsidethereachofthecrim-
inallaw
OfCooperSandlerKaufmanShimeLLPJonathanShimeapartnerintherm
hasrepresentedclientsonawidevarietyofcriminalchargesMeganSchwaren-
truberistechsavvyandwrotethisentirepaperusingonlyheriPhone
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