Is the expectation of privacy by users of social networking Web sites such as MySpace and Facebook higher than it is for customers of common e-mail providers such as Microsoft and Comcast? A New Jersey judge weighed those questions and gave a preliminary answer: Without a particularized showing that the texts are relevant, the plaintiff's privacy interests prevail.
June 14, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The operators of MySpace and Facebook social networking sites assure their millions of subscribers that only designated “friends” can read registrants’ private postings.
But do the postings stay private if the registrant becomes the plaintiff in an emotional distress case? Can the defendant get the texts of MySpace and Facebook messages to support a defense that the distress claim is bogus?
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