Think Before You Post
Documenting our lives on social media has become second nature. When an event occurs, we immediately take a picture and post it to some sort of social media account. Most people do not consider the legal consequences of what they put on their social media accounts. I recently put a meme on Instagram that read, “Dance like no one is watching; email like it may one day be read aloud in a deposition.” I would apply this quote to all social media outlets. If you would not want what you are about to post to be read aloud in a deposition or shown to a jury one day in open court, it is probably best not to post it. The courts have had to rule on privacy issues when it comes to Facebook and other social media outlets. The trend has been, in federal courts and in Florida, that if you choose to post something on social media, you are waiving your privacy , even if you have your privacy settings set to the most private. The courts have rationalized that you are putting it out there f