Facebook and Twitter Want to Keep the Justice System Stacked Against Defendants

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"If you’re accused of a crime, police and prosecutors can get a warrant to access your social media accounts, or other users’ accounts that could serve as evidence in the case. But if you go to these companies with a subpoena, they won’t honor it—even if you’ve convinced a judge that the data might prove that someone else committed the crime, that a witness against you is lying, or that you acted in self-defense."


https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-twitter-criminal-justice-stored-communications-act/?bxid=5dfac03c3f92a458a45d5bbd&cndid=29619328&esrc=AUTO_PRINT&source=EDT_WIR_NEWSLETTER_0_DAILY_ZZ&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_062120&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nl&utm_term=list2_p5