Information published on social media sites should be admissible in court, according to law expert Claire McCracken. In an OUT-LAW News editorial, McCracken opines that if courts can demand to see private letters or hear the contents of private conversations, social network data should be treated the same. McCracken points to UK laws and a recent U.S. court case in which a worker claimed damages for lost wages as the result of a work injury. His employers requested username and passwords for his social media sites to prove the injury was insubstantial, which McCracken says should be legal. In question is the additional data the employers would then have access to, she says.
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