Getting social media evidence admitted into evidence is not difficult, but it requires planning from the moment the evidence is obtained until trial and you need to ensure that you have: (1) the witnesses with the requisite personal knowledge of the contents of the social media post and who accesses, uses, controls or has dominion over the social media account and/or to whom the account is attributed; (2) timely reviewed and secured the social media account and/or electronic devices to safeguard them from alteration; (3) retained the appropriate expert; (4) obtained the relevant electronic device records which document that such communications took place; and/or (5) an inviolate chain of custody of the social media evidence. Recent New York Court of Appeals and Appellate Division decisions highlight the required predicate information needed in order to have social media evidence admitted as well as identify the traps for the unwary that might result in the exclusion of such evidence.