Criminal defendants can get access to some social media content, court says — Quartz

Criminal defendants can get access to some social media content, court says — Quartz: When prosecutors want to get a Facebook user’s private posts or direct messages as evidence, they have to request it from the company through a warrant or subpoena. In most cases, Facebook will grant the information. But this sort of access is not given to criminal defendants. A court case in California took on this...