Despite its potential evidentiary value, presenting information from social media in the courtroom poses practical challenges. Various legal, ethical, and forensic issues tied to social media evidence have international relevance, as judicial authorities globally navigate the same technological landscape. This article presents the results of an exploratory cross-sectional questionnaire survey conducted among active civil litigation and criminal defense lawyers in Poland (n = 278) in January 2021. The results confirm that social media content is present in Polish courtrooms and perceived by practitioners as potentially valuable evidence in all types of civil and criminal court cases. A content analysis of the comments from the study's participants revealed four key themes concerning their perception of social media evidence: (a) a lack of knowledge on how to properly present such content, (b) judges' reluctance towards accepting this type of evidence, (c) a problematic absence of legal regulations for accessing and gathering social media evidence, and (d) the presence of a significant amount of legally relevant information in social media content. To better manage social media evidence, there is a need for clear, understandable guidelines for lawyers and judicial authorities, in addition to the development of forensically sound methods of handling this type of evidence.

尽管具有潜在的证据价值，但在法庭上呈现来自社交媒体的信息仍面临实际挑战。随着全球司法当局在相同的技术环境中探索，与社交媒体证据相关的各种法律、道德和法证问题具有国际相关性。本文介绍了对波兰活跃的民事诉讼和刑事辩护律师进行的探索性横断面问卷调查的结果（n = 278），2021 年 1 月。结果证实，社交媒体内容存在于波兰法庭中，并被从业者视为所有类型民事和刑事法庭案件中潜在有价值的证据。对研究参与者评论的内容分析揭示了他们对社交媒体证据看法的四个关键主题：(a) 缺乏如何正确呈现此类内容的知识，(b) 法官不愿接受此类证据， (c) 缺乏获取和收集社交媒体证据的法律规定，以及 (d) 社交媒体内容中存在大量法律相关信息。为了更好地管理社交媒体证据，律师和司法当局需要明确、易于理解的指导方针，