But in terms of the use of social media as a mechanism for exercising “long-arm” jurisdiction over a defendant, the law appears to be catching up with modern means of communication as more and more jurisdictions are allowing the use of Facebook and other social media platforms to serve as a form of substituted service. One need only step into any lawyer’s office to see reams of paper everywhere – stacked on the floor (okay maybe that’s just me), piled on the desk, packed into boxes. The legal world is, perhaps, notorious for its luddite tendencies. And we obtain personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state defendant via Facebook. We don’t remember anyone’s phone number because they are all stored for us on our phones. We talk to a cylindrical tube to tell it to order more toilet paper for us, tell us the weather, read us the news, or turn on the lights. In this modern world, we navigate the roads on our phones instead of a map.
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