Chapter 20. Discovery of Social Media Evidence
Information in this chapter:
• Legal issues in social media discovery
• Finding custodian of records contact information
• Facebook example
• Google information
• Online e-mail accounts
Social media evidence is a factor in more and more cases, both civil and criminal. Getting this type of evidence poses a challenge both from the standpoint of properly asking for the evidence but also in the ability to get the evidence due to both technical and legal barriers. In this chapter we will look at some of the methods for crafting subpoenas to obtain social media evidence from service providers.
Keywords
Facebook, Google, Discovery Language, Online E-mail, Custodian of Records
Introduction
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