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Screenshots in this case are perfectly reliable. If they are literally faking screenshots of what Hans said, it'd be incredibly easy for him to prove it and sue
by edanm 4y ago
Screenshots in this case are perfectly reliable. If they are literally faking screenshots of what Hans said, it'd be incredibly easy for him to prove it and sue them for the falsification.
- hollerith 4y agoCan you explain how Hans could prove that screenshots are fake? I suppose you mean Hans could subpoena records from his own ISP or Chess.com or Chess.com's ISP that reveal the content of Hans's communication; right?
- edanm 4y agoExactly. He can subpoena records, can have a third party get access to e.g. Gmail or whatever he uses, etc.
- hollerith 4y agoHe can subpoena records if he files a lawsuit, convinces a judge that the lawsuit shouldn't be immediately dismissed and survives arguments by opposing counsel that the records should be protected from the discovery process. I.e., not "incredibly easy", as you say. Also, ISPs usually claim in response to subpoenas that they do not retain the bodies of emails and other "contents" of communications I gather. Also, Hans (initially) didn't want chess.com to be able to publish the communications, so he might've avoided using gmail in favor of some method that is guaranteed not to leave a verifiable record.