Not only are employers trawling social networks for a little extra information on job applicants, court prosecutors are doing something similar, hopeful of finding discriminating or inappropriate photos featuring those they are trying to convict.
Online hangouts like Facebook and MySpace have offered crime-solving help to detectives and become a resource for employers vetting job applicants. Now the sites are proving fruitful for prosecutors, who have used damaging Internet photos of defendants to cast doubt on their character during sentencing hearings and argue for harsher punishment.
