If You Tweet It, They (the Police) Will Come!

AuthorJonathan Shime and Megan Schwartzentruber
Pages31-43
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IfYouTweetIt
TheythePoliceWillCome
JonathanShimeandMeganSchwarentruber*
AINTRODUCTION
WeliveinaworldinundatedwithtechnologyandsocialmediaAtvir-
tuallyeverymomentofourdayespeciallyourworkdayweareusing
sometechnologicaldevicewhetheritbeaBlackBerryoraniPhonea
cellphoneoracomputerThroughthesedeviceswesendemailsand
text messages and can access the Internet Li nkedIn Facebook and
othersocialnetworkingsitesAsaresultthesedevicesnowholdsome
ofourmostprivatethoughtscommunicationsandideas
Rarelydoweconsidertheimplicationsoftheuseofthesedevices
specicallythepossibilitythattheinformationdatacontainedtherein
may be displayedpublicly or even worse in a courtroom sei ngIn
thecriminallawcontexthowevertheinformationdatastoredinthese
technologicaldevicesisnowregularlyseizedbythepolicetenderedby
prosecutors and admied in court by judges One must now assume
thatifonedoesInternetsearchessendstextmessagesoremailsorposts
messagesonlinethosematerialswillbetenderedasevidenceincourt
shouldapersonbecomeinvolvedinacriminalprosecution
Thefactthattheevidenceisobtainedwithinanemployeremployee
contextdoesnotchangethenatureoftheanalysistobeappliedorthe
likelylegaloutcomeOneshouldassumethattheuseoftechnologyand
socialmediaintheworkplaceisalsonotoutsidethereachofthecrim-
inallaw
 OfCooperSandlerKaufmanShimeLLPJonathanShimeapartnerintherm
hasrepresentedclientsonawidevarietyofcriminalchargesMeganSchwaren-
truberistechsavvyandwrotethisentirepaperusingonlyheriPhone

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