Busted by Facebook?

Imagine you are involved in a court case. A lot of money is at stake. The opposing lawyer has access to photos of you drunk. Or angry postings you made two years ago. Or even a post that says you went on a wonderful long hike.

All of these things could be damaging to you. Insurance companies and others are now routinely scouring the social media sites for material to help them decide to insure or not insure a person, pay a claim or fight it.

This Medianote is from an excellent article in the Los Angeles Times.