Social media background checks are useful to learn more about a person. Many services offer high level scans of an individual – some focus only on social sites while others can collect content from across the web. One of the reasons I find social media background checks so fascinating is that it’s so much […]
HR & Social Media: Protected Class Guide
You can’t unring the bell … why put yourself (or your company) in a potentially sticky situation when it comes to hiring and the use of social media as part of the hiring process? HR departments are using social media as a tool for potential employee research, though this has been one industry that is […]
Social Media in Court: A Look Back at Casey Anthony & Scott Peterson
I’ve often wondered what the OJ Simpson trial would have looked like had social media been a “thing” at the time – that was an extremely high profile case that would have likely blown up social media. The two high profile cases that were “firsts” really as far as the boom of social media include […]
Lawyers: Don’t Be Sideswiped By Social Media
When taking on a new client, one of the first things that is done during the interview/discovery process is asking your client about his/her social media accounts and habits. It’s good to be aware of what they have online, as this can easily be used as evidence if the case goes to trial. Your […]
How to Find Gang Members On Social Media
Or really any group of people, for that matter. But we are using gang members because the McAfee Institute recently shared a great blog post on this topic to highlight not only ways to easily identify and search for people, groups of people/organizations, or a general topic of interest on social media but also (in […]