Social media used as leverage in court cases? It is hard to imagine that your facebook account where you post pics of the latest antics of your pet cat could assist someone in a court of law. According to CNN, Divorce attorneys are using personal facebook pages and other social media platforms to validate claims of inapporpriate behavior, behavior that is leading them to the court room in the first place.
So you are divorcing your husband because he drinks too much and his drinking is causing problems in your marriage? He swears in court he hasn’t touched a drop in months. Not so, according to a few photos he was tagged in on facebook that shows him, beer in hand, having a good time last weekend! You tell the court that your husbands claims of your adultery are unfounded, not anticipating that you would have to explain your last facebook status dated 1 week prior that reads, “Me and my new boo are so in love, we had so much fun last night!” would be read in court.
More and more you see celebrities deleting their facebook or twitter personal pages to avoid having to answer to the press about what they wrote. Valid news agencies are using social media to pull quotes they find from political figures like Sarah Palin and crafting sound bites for their broadcast. There are reported cases of people losing their jobs based on what they post on facebook about how they really feel about their boss.
Platforms like facebook and twitter are very public forums. Although you may think it is just for fun, you never know how your tweet or an updated status can affect your real life status off line.
Features Editor, Cassandra Jones-McBryde -- Daily Venus Diva.
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