Submission + - Federal judges given more leeway to discourage social media use by jurors (networkworld.com)
coondoggie writes: "Federal judges are getting new instructions on how to discourage juror use of social media via mobile or other computing devices during a trial. The Federal Judicial Conference Committee today issued a new model set of jury instructions federal judges can now issue use to deter jurors from using social media such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or YouTube to research or communicate about cases on which they serve. The new guidelines provide detailed explanations of the consequences of social media use during a trial, along with recommendations for repeated reminders of the ban on social media usage., the committee said in a release."