Legal consequences However, the use of screen capturing software and the caching of Internet pages (where Internet bots take an online copy which will still exist after a page has been deleted) invalidates this and it can therefore be proved that at some point your message did exist and was read by someone.

You then run the risk of damaging both your reputation as a person and as a professional. If you ever encounter a situation where you have been found out in a social media situation it is always better to come clean rather than burying your head in the sand and denying. Probity (2) Home Content Glossary Help Back Next