Social Media DNA
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Future DNA

Where social media and law enforcement are heading.

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2015

24 July 2015

Facebook profile of a murderer

Researchers at Birmingham City University have identified six types of killer who use Facebook to commit crimes, in the first-ever study on how the social networking site can affect criminal behaviour. Dr Elizabeth Yardley and Prof David Wilson, from the university’s centre of applied…

2014

21 December 2014

Bellingcat interview

In preparation for the seminar on civilian investigations February 10th, I had an interesting interview with Eliot Higgins. It is time to share more about his initiative Bellingcaton this blog, and Elliot tells us about what he does, thinks and dreams. Bellingcat is a prototype example of the…