One of the attorneys I work with just called for my advice (because at 65, I am much younger and more ‘in touch’ with social media than he is), looking for good, available examples of a certain kind of social media posting for use in a brief (due the 18th) that is going to the Court of Appeals.
The kind of things he is looking for is this:
Someone active on social media, and involved in various questionable groups, but not overtly active in their less legal acts posts in support of those questionable acts either in advance of those acts occurring. The example he used here was those who posted opposing Dr. Tiller’s acts before he was murdered, or even those who posted supporting the idea of eliminating Dr. Tiller.
Someone active in social media, and involved in various causes, but not actually committing the criminal acts they are on the edge of. His example would be someone who was on The Ellipse on Jan 6th, and heard the speakers saying ‘March to the Capitol!’ and posted on social media saying “Good idea!” but didn’t actually go themselves.
Any good examples of this would be attached to a court briefing that would go to the Court of Appeals in California, and maybe higher. So they would have to be something accessible and concrete enough for the attorneys to be able to say “this is the kind of behavior we mean” without the opposition having much room to object.
Any assistance from the mass mind here would be greatly appreciated.