Information via Social Media

How can Social Media impact your investigation?

We all know that social media is a platform that provides people with the facility to share and communicate. It is made of mobile technologies and web-based applications. People use these platforms a lot, and online networking is considered as the most famous and common form of social networking.

But how does social media help you?

Social media is enriched with a lot of Intel and information that can be very helpful for you.

• Admissions/Confessions
• Conspiratorial Comments
• Beef; Dares; Taunts; Threats
• Forecasting Criminal Acts
• Perspectives on Life/Issues
• Discussing Crimes Committed
• Gang/Group/Club Affiliation
• Gangster/Thug Glorification
• Violent Mentality/Behavior
• Parties; Meetings; Hangouts

We all know about different famous social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and a lot of information is shared on these platforms and other similar platforms. Although it takes some time to extract the required or relevant information, it can prove to be very handy if you can spend time on it. Social media just works like a CCTV or eye witness on the streets. There is a lot of information that can be extracted, evaluated, actualized, or disseminated, but reality can be different because a lot of information can be difficult to handle. Yet, if someone can dig deeper with patience and consistency, a lot of information can be obtained from these platforms. 

Here are some of the most important elements that can be very helpful in your investigation:

• URL or Vanity URL
• Private or Public (open)
• Profile or Cover Picture
• Username/Name/Nickname
• Birth/Born; Post/Upload Dates
• Current City or Hometown
• Family; Top Friends; Associates
• School; Employment
• Followers or Subscribers
• Religion/Sex/Political Preference
• Pictures; Videos; Links
• Favorites; Likes; Dislikes
• Tweets; Comments; Status’

Did You Know?

North America is considered a region with the highest usage of social media platforms. Statistically, about 70 percent of the total population in North America has a minimum of 1 account on social media platforms. As per stats, in the United States during 2017, 81 percent of the total population had accounts on social media.