https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/08/court-allows-facebook-expert-to-testify-in-threat-case-u-s-v-bradbury.htm Fri, 14 Aug 2015 10:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/08/court-allows-facebook-expert-to-testify-in-threat-case-u-s-v-bradbury.htm#comment-1362 Fri, 14 Aug 2015 10:29:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=14649#comment-1362 A Quebec labor relations tribunal once instructed itself on the operations of Facebook by referring to the Wikipedia article on FB. An expert witness seems perhaps a bit more reliable, or at least subject to cross-examination. OTOH it was perfectly proper not to let her give an opinion on the mental state of the defendant; that’s the job of the trier of fact.

]]> https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2015/08/court-allows-facebook-expert-to-testify-in-threat-case-u-s-v-bradbury.htm#comment-1361 Fri, 14 Aug 2015 10:08:19 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=14649#comment-1361 […] Social Network Expert: In a case about whether a man’s Facebook posts amounted to threats, an Indiana District Court has allowed expert testimony from a professor whose extensive research on the site’s users “qualifies her to opine on [their] general behavioral patterns.” […]

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