Supreme Court says Facebook Messenger chats, photos admissible as evidence
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- 21 Jun 2022
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Perpetrators that use the social media platform Facebook to victimize individuals can no longer call “right to privacy” as a defense from the government as the Supreme Court now considers visible data, such as chats and photos, gathered from it to be valid evidence against a crime, per the Philippines’ highest court statement in a precedent-setting ruling.
While the “right to privacy” will remain in place to secure the average citizen from government intrusions, the same does not apply to a person charged with a criminal case.
In recent years, the police have unveiled criminal acts such as the running of prostitution rings and money scams on popular platforms, like Messenger.
In a recent instance, the Supreme Court just denied a 24-year-old defendant’s petition not to use his private chats against him following an accusation of child pornography.
The victim was an underage girl who admitted to having been coaxed to send a picture of her private part via Facebook Messenger after a parent discovered the inappropriate relationship. Read More…
