Simple screenshots of tweets are often insufficient to secure evidence. But a special tool can remedy this shortcoming.
The short message service Twitter is often used to spread hatred and incitement, which are often criminally relevant.
However, simple screenshots on a smartphone or PC are often insufficient because a lot of the necessary information that is relevant to preserving evidence is missing. That's why a lawyer developed a special online tool.
The problems with normal screenshots
Katharina Bisset, lawyer and part of the “ Nerds of Law ”, explains:
“I can report from practice that we often got bad screenshots and it was often extremely laborious to put together all the relevant data.”
That's why she had a tool developed together with the lawyer Michael Lanzinger that takes screenshots of tweets so that they can also stand up in court.
Because the exact date and time is relevant for a court case, you often only see imprecise times such as “2 hours ago” on a screenshot. Some tweets are also quickly deleted so that the evidence can no longer be traced.
And then there are also various “prank” tools on the Internet that can be used to fake tweets: How are you supposed to prove whether the screenshot of a tweet is real (and it was deleted) or was created with a prank tool?
“Network proof” provides a remedy
The online tool “Netzbeweis” ( see HERE ) now makes it much easier for users to secure hate and hate speech on Twitter and put it in a format that can be used as evidence.
The first step is to enter the URL of the tweet to be secured in “Netzbeweis”, and the second step is to enter the email address to which the report should be sent.
The practical test
To see how quick and detailed a report is, we included the URL of a tweet there. In exceptional cases, backing up a tweet can take up to 48 hours, but we received the report by email after just a few seconds.
The downloadable PDF then even contains 5 pages containing the URL of the tweet, an explanatory introduction and a usage note, the screenshot and a signature that confirms the authenticity and the time of the tweet and the screenshot being taken.
Even if the electronic signature is not yet secure enough at this point, this will happen in the next expansion stage of the project, according to lawyer Katharina Bisset.
Expansion planned
The online tool, which is free for private users, is currently only specialized in screenshots from Twitter. It also only works for public postings, but not (yet) for direct messages with hate and threats.
However, this is set to change: in the future, “Netzbeweis” should also be usable for Facebook and other platforms, and the online tool should also work across national borders.
Conclusion
Preserving evidence with “network evidence” is a very practical matter that can not only document hate and hate speech on Twitter in a meaningful way, but is also helpful in cases of copyright infringement, for example if someone spreads private photos or copyrighted images on Twitter.
It's definitely worth adding the page to your browser's bookmarks, because you never know when you'll need to quickly secure a criminally relevant posting so that it can also be used as evidence.
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To the site: https://netzbeweis.at/
Further source: futurezone
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