In 1st Impression Case, Panel Says Snapchat, Meta Must Provide Subpoenaed Info

(July 26, 2024, 11:19 AM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — In a case of first impression, a California appellate court granted petitions for writs of mandate, ruling that the Stored Communications Act’s (SCA) disclosure limitations are inapplicable to bar compliance with subpoenas requesting access to social media posts made by a murder victim on Facebook and Snapchat because the platforms’ decisions to access their “users’ communications” puts them outside the SCA’s disclosure limitations....