MySpace on the record: The admissibility of social website content under the Federal Rules of Evidence

First Monday ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stacey Schesser
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Search And Seizure ◽  
Digital Evidence ◽  
Electronic Evidence ◽  
Rules Of Evidence ◽  
Federal Rules Of Evidence ◽  
Website Content ◽  
Digital Search

With the increased reliance on technology in everyday life — including business, recreation, and culture — individuals leave traces of criminal activity on their computers, and now, online. As scholars address the U.S. Fourth Amendment and digital search and seizure issues, questions as to the admissibility of such acquired evidence begin to emerge. This paper explores the issues that both prosecutors and defense counsel face in determining whether digital evidence from Internet-based sources, primarily social networks, should be admitting under the Federal Rules of Evidence. Using an analysis of recent case law involving the admissibility of electronic evidence, the paper concludes with predictions on how these precedents would apply to social network Web sites like MySpace, Craigslist, personal blogs, and eBay.

scholarly journals Evidencia digital y técnicas y herramientas de auditoría asistidas por computador [Digital evidence and Computer Assisted Audit Tools and Techniques]

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Javier Valencia Duque ◽  
Johnny Alexander Tamayo Arias
Keyword(s):  
Digital Evidence ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Audit Process ◽  
Electronic Evidence ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Level Of Use ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Tools And Techniques

Resumen La evidencia, es la esencia del proceso auditor, demostrado implícita y explícitamente en las definiciones formales de auditoría; sin embargo con la adopción intensiva de las Tecnologías de Información y Comunicaciones en las organizaciones, la evidencia digital, se ha convertido en un tema clave para la competitividad de los auditores. Este artículo desarrolla una investigación exploratoria acerca de la evidencia tradicional y digital, con énfasis en esta última, asociada a las Técnicas y Herramientas de Auditoría Asistidas por Computador, explorando sus conceptos, tipologías, normas y estándares; además de intentar establecer su nivel de uso tomando como referencia estudios desarrollados en el ámbito internacional. Los resultados de esta indagación llevan a concluir que el tratamiento de la evidencia digital, y su obtención a través de Técnicas y Herramientas de Auditoría Asistidas por computador no son nuevas y han sido objeto de estudio por parte de las principales entidades relacionadas con la disciplina de la auditoría, destacándose en los estudios de nivel de uso, la tendencia a indagar sobre las Herramientas de Auditoría y con un fuerte énfasis en el software generalizado de auditoría, más que en las técnicas de auditoría asistidas por computador propiamente dichas. Palabras clave Evidencia, Evidencia digital, Evidencia electrónica, TAAC, Técnicas de auditoría. Abstract The evidence is the essence of the audit process, implicitly and explicitly demonstrated in the formal definitions of audit, but the intensive adoption of Information and Communications Technologies in organizations, the digital evidence, has become a key issue for competitiveness of the auditors. This paper develops an exploratory research on traditional and digital evidence, with emphasis on the latter, associated with Techniques and Tools Computer Assisted Audit, exploring the concepts, types, rules and standards in addition to trying to establish their level of use reference to studies carried out internationally. The results of this investigation lead us to conclude that the processing of digital evidence, and obtaining through Techniques and Tools Computer Assisted Audit are not new and have been studied by the main entities involved in the discipline of the audit, highlighting the use of level studies, the tendency to investigate audit Tools with a strong emphasis on generalized audit software, rather than on technical computer-assisted audit themselves.KeywordsEvidence, Digital Evidence, Electronic Evidence, CAATT, Audit Techniques. 

scholarly journals Admissibility And Perplexity Of Digital Evidence: An Overview

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (IV) ◽  
pp. 10-20
Author(s):  
Prashant Bhadu,
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Digital Evidence ◽  
Electronic Evidence ◽  
Supreme Court Of India ◽  
The Supreme Court

The research paper has been started with the concept and meaning of digital evidence. In addition, the principles of the Evidence Act have been explained with amendments with respect to digital evidence. Several judgments of the Supreme Court of India have been cited in the context of admissibility and perplexity of digital evidence. Lastly, the safeguards and procedures to be followed by the Indian judiciary in handling digital/electronic evidence are also mentioned in the research paper.

Seizing Electronic Evidence from Cloud Computing Environments

2015 ◽  
pp. 2033-2062
Author(s):  
Josiah Dykstra
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Child Pornography ◽  
The United States ◽  
Search And Seizure ◽  
Defense Attorneys ◽  
Electronic Evidence ◽  
Computing Environments ◽  
Electronic Discovery ◽  
Search Warrant

Despite a growing adoption of cloud computing, law enforcement and the judicial system are unprepared to prosecute cloud-based crimes. This chapter illuminates legal problems in the United States for electronic discovery and digital forensics arising from cloud computing and argues that cloud computing challenges the process and product of electronic discovery. The researchers investigate how to obtain forensic evidence from cloud computing using the legal process by surveying the existing statues and recent cases applicable to cloud forensics. A hypothetical case study of child pornography being hosted in the Cloud illustrates the difficulty in acquiring evidence for cloud-related crimes. For the first time, a sample search warrant is presented that could be used in this case study, and which provides sample language for agents and prosecutors who wish to obtain a warrant authorizing the search and seizure of data from cloud computing environments. The chapter concludes by taking a contrasting view and discusses how defense attorneys might be able to challenge cloud-derived evidence in court.

scholarly journals IP Addresses in the Context of Digital Evidence in the Criminal and Civil Case Law of the Slovak Republic

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 300918
Author(s):  
Pavol Sokol ◽  
Laura Rózenfeldová ◽  
Katarína Lučivjanská ◽  
Jakub Harašta
Keyword(s):  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Digital Evidence ◽  
Civil Case ◽  
Ip Addresses

scholarly journals Redefining Relevancy and Exclusionary Discretion in Sir James Fitzjames Stephen’s Indian Evidence Act of 1872: The Singapore Experiment and Lessons for Other Indian Evidence Act Jurisdictions

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-53
Author(s):  
Siyuan Chen
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The World ◽  
Rules Of Evidence ◽  
Evidence Law ◽  
The Law

AbstractIn many jurisdictions, the rules of evidence can often be instrumental in determining the outcome of a dispute. But to what extent can evidence law be controlled by codification, or is it better to leave its regulation and development to the judges via common law? In an attempt to bridge the gap between the rules of an antiquated evidence statute and the modern realities of practice, Singapore’s Evidence Act was amended in 2012. Certain relevancy provisions were amended to allow greater admissibility of evidence, while new provisions were introduced to act as a check against abuse. However, it will be argued that these amendments have changed the paradigm of the admissibility of evidence under the statute and have also done little to clarify existing ambiguities in the law. This paper explains why and, given the near-complete absence of case law that has interpreted the amendments, offers a few tentative suggestions on possible ways forward. To the extent that Singapore’s Evidence Act was largely modelled after Stephen’s Indian Evidence Act of 1872, Singapore’s 2012 amendments may be of comparative interest to readers in a number of jurisdictions around the world particularly those in Asia such as Bangladesh, Brunei, Burma, Malaysia and Sri Lanka – these countries had adopted the iconic statute to varying degrees – and of course, to India itself. Many of these jurisdictions have also not made major amendments to their evidence legislation, and therefore there may be something to learn ahead of time from Singapore’s experiment.

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