https://natlawreview.com/article/bot-or-not-authenticating-social-media-evidence-trial-age-internet-fakeryProsecutors offer Facebook posts to show that a gang leader “green lighted” the hatchet killing of a homeless man for “snitching” on him.1 A plaintiff in an Internet stalking case offers the hundreds of abusive emails she received from anonymous senders after spurning the defendant’s advances.2 The government secures a conviction for illegal firearm possession by offering Facebook photos of the defendant with a .45 caliber pistol—but no physical evidence.3
