You read the actual article and discover that
these social networks can be used against
one in prosecutions.
NY Robbery Suspect Says He's Innocent, And Facebook Proves It
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At 11:49 a.m. on Oct. 17, New Yorker Rodney Bradford, 19, sat in his father's apartment in Harlem and typed a Facebook
status update- a slang version of "where's my pancakes?"
At that same moment, a young man was committing a robbery
in the Brooklyn housing project where Bradford lived. Bradford
was charged with the crime, but the charges were dropped
when prosecutors confirmed that he was on Facebook, says
the New York Times. A legal expert said it is the first known
case of a Facebook update as alibi evidence-but probably
not the last.
John G. Browning, a Dallas lawyer who studies social networking
and the law, said, "We are going to see more of that because
of how prevalent social networking has become." With more
people revealing the details of their lives online, sites like Facebook,
MySpace and Twitter are providing evidence in legal battles.
New York Times
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