Can Legal Papers Be Served via Facebook?
Hiding behind your Facebook identity won’t help you dodge being served with legal papers in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United Kingdom. And according to a Bloomberg report, the United States may not be far behind those four countries.
Hiding behind your Facebook identity won’t help you dodge being served with legal papers in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United Kingdom. And according to a Bloomberg report, the United States may not be far behind those four countries.
A lawyer representing MKM Capital in Canberra, Australia, started the trend two years ago, Bloomberg reported, using Facebook to serve a foreclosure notice, and Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt said at the time that the social network was pleased to see the Australian court validate Facebook as a reliable, secure, and private communication medium.
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