Criminal defendants could get access to Facebook user content, court rules

CNET -------- Facebook and other social-media companies could be compelled to provide user content that's already public to criminal defendants, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The high court rejected an appellate court's ruling that providers were prohibited from disclosing communications configured by the user to be public and that remained public at the time defendants subpoenaed the information. The ruling, which returned the case to the trial court, could ultimately allow defense attorneys in criminal cases to extract user content from social media companies. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.