Facebook is fighting a US court order in which it was forced to hand over data belonging to almost 400 people involved in a benefit fraud trial. A judge said the company, defined as a “digital landlord” by the ruling, must comply with search warrants. After an appeal was denied, Facebook complied with the request but protested that it violated the Fourth Amendment of the US constitution, which protects against “unreasonable searches and seizures”. The original case is that people pretended to have disabilities, and were going to get money from the government, so the court needed their Facebook accounts as an evidence. It’s right for the company to claim that this search violated the law, but when we compare the weight of benefits of keeping the information secret, and the loss of evidence, it’s clear which is more important. The information on accounts must be a crucial evidence. The company’s image will be worsened a little, but in the long run Facebook can prevent future crimes like what happened this time. So I think Facebook should coorperate with the court.