To Friend or to Unfriend?: It's Time to Update the Status on What it Means to be Facebook Friends

Authors

Carolina A. Del Campo

First Page

53

Document Type

Comment

Abstract

This comment analyzes what a Facebook friendship encompasses in the legal profession and focuses on what courts, specifically Florida, recognize this relationship to mean. Part II provides an overview of the process for judicial disqualification and reviews the opinions released by the Florida Judicial Ethics Committee regarding judicial participation on social media." Part III discusses how traditional friendships have been considered in regards to judicial disqualification and compares what other states have understood a Facebook friendship to encompass versus what Florida has concluded. Lastly, Part IV proposes a new Judicial Ethics Opinion that reflects a more modernized understanding of the definition of Facebook friendships and that echoes what the Florida Supreme Court has decreed."

Recommended Citation

Carolina A. Del Campo, To Friend or to Unfriend?: It's Time to Update the Status on What it Means to be Facebook Friends, 32 St. Thomas L. Rev. 53 (2019).
Available at: https://scholarship.stu.edu/stlr/vol32/iss1/3