#Messenger evidence

The Supreme Court has ruled that photos and messages from Facebook Messenger or other social media platforms obtained by private individuals are now admissible as evidence in court proceedings. Cadajas to life imprisonment for the violation of RA 9775 or the Anti-Child Pornography Act due to coercion of a 14-year old girl into sending photos of her private parts over Facebook Messenger. The petitioner claimed that a chat thread containing explicit messages to a female minor was presented as evidence before the high tribunal. It was stated that the mother of the minor forced her into opening the petitioner's Facebook Messenger account in obtaining a copy of the conversation after the female minor had deleted hers. The petitioner then wished for it to be excluded as evidence since it was obtained in violation of his rights to privacy. By giving the password and access to his Facebook Messenger account to the female minor, the petitioner had lost the reasonable expectation of privacy over the contents of his account to whoever it was given access to and to whoever it may be revealed. Just in time for the holidays, Facebook introduced a new app called Stickered for Messenger which allows you to add cute stickers to your photos to make your Facebook messages more interesting. Read more in our articles including "Photos, messages obtained from social media can be used as evidence –Supreme Court ruling" and "Facebook introduces Stickered for Messenger".