Facebook admits to as many as 270 million fake or clone accounts Have you ever had your friends tell you they received a new friend request from you? And then you think…wait, I didn’t send that! You’ve most likely been cloned on Facebook. And you’re not alone. All these accounts belong to customers of […]
Litigation
Inside the Dark Web
What you Need to Know The dark web is just that…dark. This part of the web is only accessible through special software and allows buyers and sellers to remain anonymous or untraceable. And you know what that means…a lot of suspicious and illegal activity. Accessing this invisible part of the internet – where you can […]
Two Cases of Social Media Gone Wrong in Court
Social media content is being incorporated into trials across the world, and the legal system is still trying to determine how to best allow this, what’s legally able to be used as evidence, and other aspects of how social media is/can be used in court. As this is being hashed out, social media continues […]
What’s Your Story?
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 […]
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 […]