Lisa Smith's lawyers tell trial Facebook involved in 'wholesale breach of privacy rights'

Counsel said it is the court's job to protect people's rights when there is a "corporation out there recording every utterance from 'Happy Birthday' up"

Lisa Smith has pleaded not guilty to membership of an unlawful terrorist group, Islamic State. Photo: Collins Courts

Lawyers for Lisa Smith, who denies membership of Islamic State, have told the Special Criminal Court that Facebook is involved in a "wholesale breach" of privacy rights by indefinitely storing users' personal messages.

Michael O'Higgins SC, for Ms Smith, is objecting to the admissibility of messages sent using Facebook between his client and known Islamist terrorists in Australia and Syria as far back as 2012.