Convicted Murderer Says Facebook, Twitter Certiorari Bid Over Subpoenas Is Moot

Mealey's (April 15, 2020, 9:36 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A man convicted of a 2013 murder filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on April 9, arguing that a petition for certiorari by Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. that asks whether the Stored Communications Act (SCA) permits disclosure of users’ private social media posts should be denied in light of subsequent lower court developments in the social networks’ favor, which rendered the petition moot (Facebook Inc., et al. v. The Superior Court of San Francisco County, et al., No. 19-1006, U.S. Sup.)....