Facebook As Your Alibi

Courtesy Techdirt  Thu, 11/12/2009 - 23:54

There have been stories here and there about Facebook statuses implicating people in a crime, but how about one that helped get someone cleared from a crime?

Apparently, a guy who was accused of being involved in a burglary used the fact that he had updated his Facebook status at around the time of the crime , and had supposedly done so from his father's apartment, as evidence that he wasn't present at the burglary.

The police subpoenaed...

Tags:

 

More related items

Court Disagrees On Whether Or Not Schools Can Punish...
We were just discussing whether or not a school can punish students for their social networking activity, and now we've got two legal rulings on the subject. Unfortunately, they seem to...

Installing the Elgg Social Networking CMS
Webreference: "Open Source CMSes are the latest rage it seems, and we've tried out dozens. One that stands out above the rest for small businesses and personal networks is the Elgg open...

Facebook Connect Comes to MySpace
About a month ago, we’ve heard reports that MySpace and Facebook aren’t quite the archenemies they once were; on the contrary, MySpace was to implement Facebook Connect, which...

Linksys WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless...
The sleek Simultaneous Dual-N Band WRT610N Router sets a new standard for design, expanded bandwidth, and robust performance. It's the ideal router for all your current and future digital...

1 GB SanDisk MicroSD TransFlash Memory Card (Bulk)
The MicroSD card is based on TransFlash, which was developed by SanDisk in cooperation with Motorola and is the worlds smalles flash memory card form factor.


 

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
computer-internet.marc8.com