Can Facebook Legally Challenge Search Warrants?

The Appellate Division for the First Department in New York state is tasked with determining whether Facebook and other social media companies can legally challenge search warrants in court in an effort to defend their users, The New York Times reported.

SearchWarrant650The Appellate Division for the First Department in New York state is tasked with determining whether Facebook and other social media companies can legally challenge search warrants in court in an effort to defend their users, The New York Times reported.

According to the Times, search warrants signed in 2013 by New York City Justice Melissa Jackson required Facebook to surrender all information on the accounts of 381 users, including private photos and messages.

The warrants were served in order to obtain indictments for disability fraud against more than 130 police officers and other former public employees.

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