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n2doc

(47,953 posts) Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:25 PM Nov 2012

Be Good Because The Feds Will Use All Your Facebook Likes And Dislikes Against You In Court

A recent indictment of American terror suspects revealed that the FBI considers Facebook 'Likes' and 'Shares' admissible as evidence.

Mike Masnick of TechDirt reports that the FBI actually counted how many 'Likes' and what kind of media got those 'Likes' in their somewhat high-visibility indictment of a homegrown terror plot.

Here's a screengrab of the part of the official statement which explains use of the social media:

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/indictment-of-terror-subjects-reveals-fbi-uses-facebook-likes-and-shares-for-evidence-2012-11

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Be Good Because The Feds Will Use All Your Facebook Likes And Dislikes Against You In Court (Original Post) n2doc Nov 2012 OP

Great. Now it's unAmerican to like Carlos Santana. nt Buns_of_Fire Nov 2012 #1

If he had a list of names in a little black book, wouldn't that be the same thing? randome Nov 2012 #2

It is hard for me to believe that people click "like" on an Amazon ad. AnnaLee Nov 2012 #3

Buns_of_Fire

(17,185 posts)

1. Great. Now it's unAmerican to like Carlos Santana. nt

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:29 PM

Nov 2012

randome

(34,845 posts)

2. If he had a list of names in a little black book, wouldn't that be the same thing?

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 01:31 PM

Nov 2012

AnnaLee

(1,041 posts)

3. It is hard for me to believe that people click "like" on an Amazon ad.

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Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:15 PM

Nov 2012

But Facebook keeps telling me that a friend "likes" Amazon and shows an ad link.

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