Special seminar in Dublin on Facebook’s upgraded messages system
Facebook is one of the most popular electronic messaging systems in the world, with close to 700 million users exchanging over 4 billion messages each day. In December of last year Facebook announced an upgrade to Messages and this improved feature is now being made available to users outside of the US.
New Messages fundamentally changes the nature of Facebook Messages and the associated risks. Did you know for example that Facebook users can now exchange Office documents and other attachments via New Messages? Or that switching to New Messages provides a Facebook.com email address which can be used to send and receive emails outside of Facebook?
As specialists in online evidence our team at Cernam are looking closely at Facebook’s new functionality and we have shared some of our findings via this blog. The changes introduced by New Messages will have a significant impact on digital investigations and on electronic discovery in particular, beginning with the introduction of Facebook.com email addresses and also including the new support for attachments and the integrated inbox for email, SMS messages, Facebook Messages and Facebook chat.
Why Attend?
We know that many digital evidence and legal professionals have questions regarding New Messages and the use of Facebook content as evidence so on Tuesday June 21st we are holding a lunchtime seminar at NovaUCD to address exactly these issues. At this event we will discuss the key changes introduced by New Messages; what it looks like and how it works; the evidential challenges and opportunities; and finally the prospects for Facebook Messages in terms of widespread adoption.
This seminar on Facebook New Messages will run from 1PM to 2PM on Tuesday June 21st. Prior to the seminar we will hold an optional introduction session for those who are not familiar with Facebook Messages. This session will cover the basic knowledge needed to appreciate the differences in New Messages, for example the basics of Facebook accounts and profiles, how Facebook works and the types of interaction which Facebook support.
How to Attend
This is a free event being hosted by Cernam and held at NovaUCD, the innovation and technology transfer centre at University College Dublin. Places are limited and registration is essential, for details see the EventBrite booking page.
