Lawyer Catches Facebook Cheaters

Written by Darren Hewer

Yesterday was “Quit Facebook Day.” People pledged to quit Facebook due to concerns about their privacy. In recent weeks there have been many concerns raised regarding Facebook’s privacy policies, but one group of people who benefit from the openness of peoples’ online information is divorce lawyers, as reported by CNN:

“Facebook is a great source of evidence,” [divorce lawyer] Ken Altshuler said. “It’s absolutely solid evidence because he’s the author of it. How do you deny that you put that on?” Social media stalking skills have become invaluable to the legal world for divorce cases in particular. Online photo albums, profile pages, wall comments, status updates and tweets have become gold mines for evidence and leads. Today, divorce and firms routinely cull information posted on social media sites — the flirty exchanges with a paramour, unsavory self-revelations and compromising photographs — to buttress their case.

It turns out that “around 33,000″ people deleted their Facebook accounts yesterday. That may seem like a lot, until you consider that there are currently over 400 million active Facebook accounts, so approximately 0.00825% canceled accounts. I doubt that Facebook is very concerned.

For the millions that remain, this is a reminder that most secrets will eventually be revealed. One of our recent posts “Secrets, Secrets are No Fun” explores the idea of secrets and hiding. If you have a secret that you’ve been hiding but want to talk to someone about, privately & confidentially by email, please contact a mentor today by email. Or if you have been a victim of a cheating spouse (caught via Facebook or not) please also contact us for a listening ear and support.