Social Media Comments May be Admissible in Lawsuit
May 26th 2010
A court has “ruled that the two plaintiffs, who alleged that their employer’s behaviour had led to severe emotional distress, must hand over significant chunks of their social networking profiles and postings, which included videos and photographs. This was because such content could `reveal, refer or relate to any emotion, feeling or mental state, as well as communications that reveal, refer or relate to events that could reasonably be expected to produce a significant emotion, feeling or mental state.’”
The court also stated that “regardless of whether the content was marked ‘locked’ or ‘private’, some of it would be indirectly relevant to the plantiffs’ claims and was, therefore, discoverable. The court emphasised the expansive boundaries of relevance, but also noted that it was not without limits.’”
See article here: Social Media Comments Relevant to Lawsuit
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