People like to talk. That's what we do, even when we know it's not the best thing to do. Gossip, spreading rumours, bragging -- if something happens, you know someone will talk about it -- someone always cracks. Law enforcement officials, lawyers and investigators have always known this. That's [...]
Read MoreFacebook Forensics
Recent reports show over one billion people were on Facebook on one day. One billion people! Most were there to catch up with friends, see some trending content, or just to waste some time. With a crowd that large, you know there are a fair bit of nefarious activities going on. Whether it's [...]
Read MoreCyberbullying Infographic
81% of youths say bullying online is easier to get away with than bullying in person Given the dynamic phenomenon of online and electronic messaging, posting and more, it's no surprise that with these technological advances have come some casualties. Cyber harassment and bullying has been one of [...]
Read MoreNew Reddit Content Policy & Crackdown
In the latest update on community news forum Reddit, moderators have taken new steps to clamp down on controversial and offensive content on the site: by introducing a new parameter of content guidelines. Traditionally Reddit has always stood for a strong, almost aggressive, standard of [...]
Read MoreSEC investigates fake Twitter story
In the vast space of the Twittersphere, amidst increasing limitations on content policies and clampdowns on trolls - due to a mass of parody and unverified accounts lies a minefield of potential litigation death traps. Given the rate at which stories travel and influencers act online with the [...]
Read MoreSocial Media Trending in 2015 eDiscovery
The latest report and research regarding eDiscovery comes from law firm Gibson & Dunn and gives us a clear insight into the predictions of legal and tech specialists from 2015 - echoing caselaw, discovery requests and solidifying beliefs that social media content is becoming a main resource of [...]
Read MoreCalifornia Lawyers have eDiscovery duty
California leading the way for Legal Ethics that include #eDiscovery standards. Finally, California’s long-awaited opinion on the legal and ethical duties of attorneys in eDiscovery has been finalised. Though not groundbreaking, the opinion takes into account the modern standard [...]
Read MoreSocial Media a “Goldmine” of Damning Divorce Evidence
In the last ten years there has been a phenomenal cultural and lifestyle shift from communicating and living IRL to online - and an interesting correlation with the rise in divorce rates and the acceptance of social media evidence in the courts. Many have described the limitless resource of [...]
Read MoreFamily Law from Facebook to the Courts
81% of lawyers using evidence from Social Networking platforms. A recent study from PEW found that 66% of divorce cases used Facebook content as a primary case of evidence - this is an alarmingly high figure for lawyers not well versed in managing social media content, but also unsurprising [...]
Read MoreCalifornia Court allows Instagram Evidence
Authenticating Instagram evidence still obstacle in social media case The most recent update on Social Media Evidence and Social Media #fails was handed down from a California appeals court in In re K.B, in relation to a criminal firearms conviction - where Instagram images posted from [...]
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