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Criminal,
California Supreme Court

May 20, 2020

Facebook wants high court to end dispute over subpoenas

Criminal defendants should be barred from subpoenaing social media companies for private user content without exhausting alternatives, a Facebook attorney argued to the California Supreme Court Tuesday.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Criminal defendants should be barred from subpoenaing social media companies for private user content without exhausting alternatives, a Facebook attorney argued to the California Supreme Court Tuesday.

Company lawyer Joshua Lipshutz said doing so would resolve tensions in federal law prohibiting such companies from disclosing user posts and a criminal defendant's constitutional right to that evidence.

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