[USA] Are Social Network Private Messages More Private Than Email Under The Law? / Techdirt, 15 June 2007
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1181725536838
"It's always interesting to see how courts deal with changing technology. For example, it's pretty common for courts to order emails to be handed over in certain lawsuits as part of the discovery process. However, for many younger people, email has taken a backseat to more popular private messaging features on social networks like MySpace and Facebook. In a recent court case, one side requested access to the private messages in the same manner that they would normally request access to email."