Judge Considers Privacy Expectations on Social Sites

Is the expectation of privacy by users of social networking Web sites such as MySpace and Facebook higher than it is for customers of common e-mail providers such as Microsoft and Comcast? A New Jersey judge weighed those questions and gave a preliminary answer: Without a particularized showing that the texts are relevant, the plaintiff's privacy interests prevail.

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