Update on Myspace, Facebook, Twitter and Your Internet Social Networking Life
We have previously warned you about your activities on these social networking sites and how many defense attorneys are seeking access to your personal and private information. These threats are real and must be taken seriously. We have learned of a ruling from a State Board of Workers’ Compensation judge that has allowed an attorney representing the Employer and Insurer access to the personal information that people share in these websites. This means they can see your posts, your photographs, and essentially everything about you. I am sure that the attorneys representing injured workers will mount an attack against such actions but there is no guarantee that the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court of Georgia will stop these types of inquiries.
You can avoid any complications from your social networking by following your doctor’s orders regarding your restrictions, telling the truth and perhaps by not sharing personal and private thoughts on these sites. You can be assured that everything you say and do, can and will be held against you. You must be cautious.
Shannon Rolen, Esq.
J. Franklin Burns, P.C.
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I recently did a speech on this very subject for my public speaking college course. I had to do research for it, and I wanted to share one article I found on this topic.
Facebook Photos Lead To 2-Year Sentence After Drunk Driving Crash, Prosecutors Now Digging For Dirt On Various Social Networking Sites
The article is about a young adult, Joshua Lipton, who seriously injured a female in a drunk driving accident. Joshua was on track to receive a short time in county jail. The prosecutor went on to his Facebook account, as you described, and found several incriminating photos from after the accident that proved he had no remorse for his wrong doing. The judge agreed with the prosecution and sentenced him to 2 years in a state prison.
Comment by Daniel — March 24, 2010 @ 2:59 pm